JC Penney Taps Former Macy&#39;s, LVMH Head
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PLANO, Texas - JC Penney Co. Inc. named a former chairman and chief executive of both Macy&#39;s and luxury retailer LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, to lead the department store company, replacing Allen Questrom.
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Vanessa Castagna, recruited by J.C. Penney Co. to revive its sagging department stores five years ago, has left the company weeks after being passed over for the retailer's top job.
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Department store operator J.C. Penney Co Inc  is set to cut 100 to 200 jobs as it merges its buying and marketing operations for its store and online businesses, Chief Executive Myron Ullman said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
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By Bloomberg News. The Kellogg Company yesterday named James M. Jenness, 58, as chairman and chief executive to succeed Carlos M. Gutierrez, who was picked to be commerce secretary.
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JC Penney Co. said Friday that Vanessa Castagna - chairman and chief executive of the clothing retailer&#39;s stores, catalog, and Internet operations - is leaving the company when her contract expires on Sunday.
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CINCINNATI -- Names such as Lazarus, Burdines and Goldsmith&#39;s will be disappearing from the retail landscape in January. Do you think changing the names of Federated stores to Macy&#39;s is a good idea?
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Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily November 19, 2004 - NEW YORK - With the holiday season nigh, retail giants have been doing some shopping of their own. Last week, retailer to the masses, Jones Apparel Group, acquired Barneys New York Inc., causing fashionistas the world over to perspire over the fate of the luxury retailer. Then, trumping the JNA-Barneys deal entirely, Kmart and Sears merged to create the third largest U.S. retailer.
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Moody&#39;s Investors Service on Friday upgraded JC Penney Co. Inc.&#39;s (JCP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) debt ratings to just one step below investment-grade status, citing factors
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J.C. Penney Co. Inc.  said on  Tuesday it is looking to drive sales with a new brand campaign  focused on expanding relationships with consumers.
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CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores Inc. said Monday its regional department store chains will begin operating under the Macy&#39;s name early next year.
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Publisher McGraw-Hill Cos Inc is  replacing the president of Standard & Poor&#39;s, the company&#39;s  financial services division, effective immediately, amid  questions about the role of credit-rating agencies in the  subprime mortgage crisis.
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Capital One Financial, the largest independent U.S. credit-card issuer, promoted Lynn Pike to head its banking business, replacing former North Fork Bancorporation chief executive John Kanas as part of a management reshuffle.
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J. C. Penney Co. has named Ken Hicks president and chief merchandising officer, the retailer said Tuesday.
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Are you crazy about Macy&#39;s? Federated Department Stores (NYSE: FD) sure hopes so. Come January it will strip 184 of its regional department stores operating under various names of their signage, replaced with the shiny Macy&#39;s moniker.
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Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis &  Roberts  is considering a bid for retailer Macy&#39;s Inc.  , according to the online edition of Women&#39;s Wear Daily  magazine.
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J.C. Penney's desire to reposition its brand as the preferred choice in the "hearts and minds of Middle America" drove its decision last week to shift creative duties on its ad account from DDB to Saatchi & Saatchi, said Penney chief marketing officer Mike Boylson. The shift came after months of presentations by both DDB in Chicago and Saatchi in New York.
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Since former Gap Inc. CEO Millard Drexler took over the leadership of J.Crew Group Inc. in 2003, the merchandising guru has worked magic on the once struggling retailer, transforming it into one of the hottest fashion chains.