Incredible New JCPenney Ad: We Screwed Up
Now, in an unprecedented move, the company is admitting it totally screwed up.
JCPenney's latest ad acknowledges the missteps the company has made in the past year.
"It's no secret. Recently JCPenney changed," the company says in the new ad uploaded to its YouTube channel. "Some changes you liked, and some you didn't. But what matters with mistakes is what we learn. We learned a very simple thing: to listen to you. To hear what you need to make your life more beautiful."
Failed CEO Ron Johnson's plan included ditching the company's popular promotions program.
Ideally, the strategy was meant to revamp JCPenney's image and appeal to young people. In reality, it alienated long-time customers, while failing to draw in new ones.
Holiday sales dropped 32 percent, one of the worst declines in
Instead of admitting that he had been wrong about the coupons issue when sales started to decline, Johnson stuck to his strategy. When he did implement promotions, the terms were often confusing.
He left the company last month and was replaced by his predecessor, Mike Ullman.
The ad also begs customers to return to the store.
"Come back to J.C. Penney. We heard you. Now, we'd love to see you," it says.
Watch it here:
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