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J.C. Penney Loss Widens on Sharp Sales Decline

J.C. Penney Co. (JCP) lost $348 million in its first quarter on top of nearly $1 billion in net losses last year, as sales continued to slide at the beleaguered retailer.The results are the last to reflect the stewardship of former Chief Executive Ron Johnson, who left the department-store chain last month after a disastrous overhaul that precipitated a 25% drop in sales in his first year on the job.He was replaced by his predecessor, Myron "Mike" Ullman, who is returning to a discount-oriented strategy to bring in customers, restoring some of Penney's private-label brands and mortgaging the company's property and headquarters to raise much-needed cash.Penney ran into trouble after Mr. Johnson, a former Apple Inc. (AAPL) executive, moved away from discounts and promotions in favor of an everyday low-price strategy that turned off consumers. Mr. Ullman is reversing that approach and needs to stop the decline in sales to return the company to profitability and ease pressure on its cash."...

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