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Stocks opened in negative territory but the averages drifted off their lows in morning trading and eventually crossed into positive ground. The averages continue to search for direction and have [...]

With myriad displays of Mudd crop tops and skimpy, whiskered denim shorts, the spring juniors department in JCPenney's Lewisville, TX store looks a lot like the wardrobe department for Not [...]

This article discusses how J.C. Penney's Direct Marketing Services changed its business model and mindset. The company which sells insurance and travel and auto club memberships was then sold to AEGON.

J. C. Penney executive VP and CIO Steve Raish describes himself as a 'long-time store operations guy,' but he's knee-deep in the most critical information-technology project in the history of [...]

The J.C. Penney store anchoring the Vista Ridge Mall in Lewisville, Texas, is a showcase of what the company believes are ideas worthy of one of the great names of [...]

Byline: Katie Smith Ken Hannah, chief financial officer of JC Penney, said the US department store remains committed to its ongoing transformation, including the implementation of its in-store shops. 'We're [...]

I am sensing a ripple in the Sustainability Force. It has been created by events that I believe are affecting our friends in Bentonville, AR. The first event involves the [...]

J.C. Penney Co has found success in its new merchandising and pricing strategy for apparel. Sales in the 1,283-store chain rose 12.2% in Jun 1992, over Jun 1991, to approximately $1.1 billion. The clothing selection has been thinned but has been given more depth in selected categories, such as basics and fashion. Prices have been cut 10-33%, primarily on private-label goods and sales have improved because of less closeout mark-downs and higher volumes. Efforts are being made to ensure clothing quality remains high., DALLAS -- J.C. Penney Co. Inc. has turned the corner in its bid to reinvent itself as a department store. When sales staggered last year, the 1,283-store chain took a [...]

Spencer Crain Cubbage Healy & McNamara pllc (Spencer Crain) welcomes Kyle B. Beaty and Deborah L. Sterling to the law firm as shareholders. Beaty has extensive experience in real estate [...]

Spencer Crain Cubbage Healy & McNamara pllc (Spencer Crain) has become one of only 11 Texas-based law firms to be approved for membership in the National Association of Minority & [...]

Upscale, downscale J.C. Penney shifts its strategy -- again Dallas -- Since 1983, J.C. Penney has been searching for a new identity. By the late '80s, the retail/catalog giant thought [...]

Penney's System For Imports Retail logistics is driven by store demands. Import process begins more than a year in advance. When James Cash Penney built the retail chain that bears [...]

Byline: just-style.com JC Penney Company has reported that net income for the first quarter decreased 49.6% to US$120m, impacted by a weakened consumer spending environment. The department store retailer said [...]

FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-12 February 2008-California Pizza Kitchen Opens New Restaurants(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com California Pizza Kitchen (CPK), home to the Original BBQ Chicken Pizza and other hearth-baked pizzas, [...]

Byline: Lora Volkert More than two years after breaking ground, the Nampa Gateway Center is building for its second tenant. Sports Authority would join J.C. Penney, which opened in August [...]

Online surveys, in-depth statistical analysis and long-range strategies are corporate necessities in today's retail world. But J.C. Penney realizes that whizbang technology is worthless if the customer's store experience falls [...]

In just seven years J.C. Penney has reinvented itself, transforming from a purveyor of predictable basics into the moderate consumer's favorite department store. Now, after meeting the goals of a [...]

In the business of branding, consumer recognition rules. When it comes to lighting brands, Westinghouse is the top consumer-recognized brand in the business, according to HFN's biannual brand survey, conducted [...]

The Plano Posse has been there before: J.C.Penney is riding as high as anybody in retaildom right now. As if you needed me to tell you, we live in a [...]

Question: What opportunities to grow the business are presented with the Federated merger? M.U.: I accepted the responsibility just about a year ago this week and I felt the opportunity [...]

MUMBAI, India-In the aftermath of the quota phaseout, J.C. Penney is planning to increase its home textiles sourcing from India by 10 to 20 percent in the next two to [...]

SOUTHWEST DALLAS -- Southwest retailers were pleased with the holiday kickoff as shoppers bustled through stores in search of presents. Department store giant J.C. Penney enjoyed 'the biggest day after [...]

Department store group JC Penney Co has begun the search for its next CEO. The Texas-based group, still in turnaround mode, is seeking a replacement for current chief executive Allen [...]

PLANO, Texas-J.C. Penney, four years into its five-year turnaround initiative, is shifting into growth mode with plans to open between 75 and 100 stores in the next several years, many [...]

WASHINGTON -- The battle over Vietnam quotas might be over on paper but it has just begun in boardrooms across the country. In the aftermath of one of the most [...]

The $32.3 billion retailer, which saw comp-store sales inch up 2.6 percent in 2002, outlined to equity analysts here at Penney's headquarters Monday and Tuesday its strategies for dominating the [...]

'We knew elsewhere it was starting to be a hot-trending area and we needed to cover it in a better way,' Taylor said. 'We hired design teams and a sourcing [...]

Don't call J.C. Penney's ongoing plans for its catalog division downsizing. Instead, think of it as editing. 'We're editing the merchandise for a customer who really likes to shop direct,' [...]

However, all three demonstrated, in varying degrees, how inventory and expense discipline was critical to pumping up the bottom line. Target's earnings advanced despite a decline in fourth-quarter comparable-store sales [...]

JC Penney is in the middle of a five-year turnaround process that involves further enhancing internal communications, as well as proactively disclosing company news. Sherri Deatherage Green reports. JC Penney [...]