Shares of JC Penney Company Inc. (NYSE: JCP) were hammered on Tuesday after the Company said that its Chief Executive Officer Ron Johnson decided to leave the Company. Meanwhile, the Company has re-appointed ex-CEO Mike Ullman at the top position, on interim basis. The beleaguered department chain, whose shares slumped 44% last year which marked Johnson’s first full year as a CEO, tumbled another 25% through last week as his strategy to overhaul the chain’s business failed to generate customer’s traffic while sales kept dwindling. Johnson stint was for only about one and half years.
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