Yes, we don't actually know whether it would have worked. He said upfront that it would need more time; apparently he didn't manage upward effectively enough an

Yes, we don't actually know whether it would have worked. He said upfront that it would need more time; apparently he didn't manage upward effectively enough and for some reason the board didn't feel desperate enough to give him more runway. Department stores had already been declining for a long time before he came along, though.