Everyone knows that JC Penney is suffering: changeovers in management, an ad campaign that sounds like abject apology.

Today I received the flyer for Penney’s housewarming event for its new home department.  Penney’s (as I call it) is taking a page from Target’s playbook by employing well-known designers and taste makers such as Michael Graves (who had a collection for Target), Martha Stewart, Jonathan Adler, and Sir Terence Conran  to revamp its home department.

I’m a nut for footed bowls, and this acacia wood bowl from Michael Graves Design caught my eye:

What do you think of Penney’s new home department?   Has anything caught your eye?  Does the home department revamp have legs?  Will it rescue Penney’s from the doldrums?