JC Penney has more than 100 years of retail success. It would be a shame if 17 months of regression wipes out the strides the company has made to be an inclusive, dynamic and trend-setting industry leader.

J.C. Penney may want to remind itself of its slogan, “every day matters,” after selling a defective engagement ring that prevented a bride-to-be f...

When retailers lose their mojo, it's hard to recover. Reinventing a retail model is a parlous prospect. Witness what happened at JC Penney (JCP) when Ron Johnson tried to "transform" the tired peddler of schmattes and socks.

NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney is sorry and it wants your business back. That's the gist of its latest ad, a public "mea culpa" which th...

How does a leader initially hailed as the second-coming of Steve Jobs, ready to reinvent a 111-year-old staid retailer, crash and burn in such dramatic fashion? If JC Penney's board members had studied Amazon more closely, they might have discovered the answer.

Johnson's' failure at JC Penney should remind people that just because you've been successful in one area, it does not always guarantee success somewhere else.

The sad truth is that JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson's controversial turn-around plan may have been doomed as much by his weakness as a communicator as it was by poor operational execution.

NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney can sell certain home goods designed by Martha Stewart that were destined for shelves in May — for now, a New York Sta...

The JC Penney board is out of touch with the company and its customer base. They don't understand the basic nature of the problem the company confronts. Will the board use this most recent crisis to reevaluate its understanding of the situation, or give itself a pass, concluding that the last hire "just didn't work out"?

NEW YORK -- A published report says J.C. Penney Co. is consulting with bankers at Blackstone Group on how the struggling department store chain can ra...

(Reuters) - Few investors are taking as big a hit from J.C. Penney Co Inc's failed turnaround experiment as the man who engineered it: recently ouste...

NEW YORK — J.C. Penney's board of directors has ousted CEO Ron Johnson after only 16 months on the job as a risky turnaround strategy backfired and ...

* Month-long mediation effort fizzles * Penney CEO Ron Johnson ousted as trial resumes * Macy's claims exclusive right t...

NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of struggling department store J.C. Penney saw his 2012 compensation package plummet nearly 97 percent to about $1.9 million...

(Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc said it has recently laid off about 2,200 employees at 100 of its stores and district offices, the latest move by the ...

By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK, March 1 (Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc chief Ron Johnson knew before doing a deal with Ma...

Feb 27 (Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc reported on Wednesday that sales at stores open at least a year fell 31.7 percent in the fourth quarter, steeper...

Watching YouTube videos all day at work may seem too good to be true. But not too long ago, that wasn't far from the case at JC Penney headquarters. ...

NEW YORK — J.C. Penney is bringing back sales. The struggling department store chain this week will begin adding back some of the hundreds of s...

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