Myron Ullman

(Newser) - Of all the missteps that led to the plunge in sales at JCPenney and the exit of CEO Ron Johnson , the mass layoffs Johnson instigated may have been the most damaging, the Wall Street Journal reports. The firm's average 150,000 full- and part-time workers had been gutted to...

(Newser) - JCPenney has ditched CEO Ron Johnson after a 17-month run that produced some of the most disastrous results in retail history . Johnson, who masterminded Apple's retail success, will be replaced by his predecessor Myron Ullman, reports the New York Times . The struggling chain is in the middle of a...