NEW YORK — J.C. Penney is hoping its former CEO can revive the retailer after a risky turnaround strategy backfired and led to massive losses and steep sales declines.
The company’s board of directors ousted CEO Ron Johnson after only 17 months on the job. The department store chain said late Monday, April 8, in a statement that it has rehired Johnson’s predecessor, Mike Ullman, 66, who was CEO of the department store chain for seven years until November 2011.