US: JC Penney cuts 600 headquarters jobs
By Leonie Barrie | 10 April 2012
US department store retailer JCPenney Company Inc is axing around 10% of the staff at its corporate headquarters in Plano, Texas as part of an ongoing transformation of its business under new CEO Ron Johnson.
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