Myron Ullman

J.C. Penney ended a year long search for a chief executive, naming retail industry veteran Marvin Ellison to replace interim CEO Myron Ullman in August 2015.The department store operator's shares rose 3.2 percent to $7.35 in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange on

Myron Ullman has another item on his to-do list as he tries to revive J.C. Penney: dealing with litigation alleging the department store chain didn't pay for store upgrades ordered by predecessor Ron Johnson. EMJ Corp., a general contractor based in Chattanooga, Tenn., has filed liens totaling $2.3 million and lawsuits against the retailer in three states, saying it refused to pay for work completed in September. R&R Packaging Inc. of Gravette, Ark., has a pending action claiming it's owed $4 million for installing wireless internet networks in J.C. Penney stores across the country last year.

PLANO, Texas — While such higher-end apparel retailers as Nordstrom and Dillard's boasted impressive quarterly earnings and sales, those that cater to the middle class didn't deliver quite as strongly. Case in point, JCPenney, which reported net income of $14 million, or 7 cents per share, for the second quarter ended July 30. Net income for the same period last year was $14 million, or 6 cents per share. The company reported that same-store sales for the quarter increased 1.5% thanks to increased interest in its exclusive and private brands and the expansion of Sephora. Total sales were down

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