“JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson is out, a source familiar with the situation said,” CNBC is reporting in a brief post.
“It was unclear if a successor has been named,” CNBC reports.
Source: CNBC.
MacDailyNews Take: Well, that was certainly short and sour.
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