now liz sweeney has been with jcpenney for 16 years and stay on as an adviser before retiring at the end of the year. he was promoted to hur role under ron johnson and it is surprising that she continued in that role for the last three years. it is the third high level executive chain underceo marvin ellison in just the first eight weeks at ceo but the first internal promotion. two days after officially taking over, he brought in michael lament from home depot and someone from target to reply the supply teams respectively. and ellison worked for home depot and target and has similar expertise. merchandising, the new area of change-up, is an area where he has little experience and it is quite an important one for retail. melissa. >> and courtney, and jcpenney has been a retail out performer compared to peers so is it surprising the shake-up that the ceo has made or is that looked as by analysts as something positive in the turn around story. >> i don't think that is surprising but i think it is positive because i think marvin coming in setting his own direction with his own team. whet

liz sweeney who is the chief merchant is going to be retiring after 16 years.low her moving up. chief merchant is a pretty important one for a retailer like jcpenney. >> courtney, thank you. coming up, three hours left in the trading day. your game plan and apologies to alaska in the second half of "halftime" coming up. the trading day. awe believe active management can protect capital long term. active management can tap global insights. active management can take calculated risks. active management can seek to outperform. because active investment management isn't reactive. it's active. that's the power of active management. >>> time for our worst trade. an unbelievable story, selfies. if you are afraid of sharks, you should be more afraid of that idiot with the selfie stick leaning over a bridge because a new report says that more people have died this year taking selfies than have been killed by sharks. 12 people died from snapping selfies. only eight deaths caused by shark attacks, so, yes, sharks are scary but maybe your selfie stick is even more scary. >