USA: JC Penney Reveals CEO, COO Appointments
North America's second largest department store operator, JC Penney Co, on Friday announced it had appointed Vanessa Castagna chairwoman and chief executive of its store, catalogue and Internet divisions. The Texas-based company, which runs around 1,100 stores in the US, Brazil, Mexico and Puerto Rico, also named Ken Hicks president and chief operating officer of store and merchandise businesses, with both positions newly created.