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I don\u2019t ask that question lightly or merely to be provocative.\u00a0 I recognize and empathize with the number of people for whom JCPenney represents their investment, their job, and their hope.\u00a0 I\u2019m not being cavalier or trying to minimize the gravity of the situation.<\/p>\n

But in order to accelerate the development of these new and innovative concepts, we need to clear out the dead wood.\u00a0\u00a0 For the sake of the retail ecosystem, we need dynamic, new retail to flourish.\u00a0 A lingering, languishing JCPenney only impedes this.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One has to wonder how long we’ll stand vigil over this dying brand?\u00a0 How long can we continue the same back and forth debate \u2013 \u201cis or isn\u2019t it dead yet?\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a remarkable era of retailing ahead.\u00a0 Perhaps it\u2019s time we move forward into it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Doug Stephens Ron Johnson is out and Mike Ullman is (back) in, and now the debate will begin anew over whether JCPenney can be saved.\u00a0 [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[273,274,223,24,118,263],"class_list":["post-2707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bonobos","tag-hointer","tag-jcpenney","tag-retail","tag-retail-prophet","tag-warby-parker"],"yoast_head":"\n