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JCPENNEY TO CUT 2,000 JOBS, CLOSE 33 STORES
Yahoo Finance ^

Posted on 01/15/2014 1:52:48 PM PST by Red in Blue PA

JCPenney is cutting 2,000 jobs and closing 33 stores as the battered department store seeks to revive revenue growth, the company announced Wednesday.

The move will save about $65 million annually beginning in 2014, the company said.

JCPenney, which has about 1,100 stores, has struggled to turn a profit since former CEO Ron Johnson was fired in April.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: absolutemorals; economy; homo; homoads; homosexual; homosexualagenda; homosexuals; jcpenney; jobs; johnson; obama; recession; ronjohnson
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To: Red in Blue PA

I haven’t seen their ads, but I have heard about them here. And I don’t like them. But can I say, I shop a lot at JC Penney. I like their clothes, they fit me (hallelujah!)and their prices are good. I am also nostalgic for those big box stores of my youth, Sears, Wards, K-Mart, Gemco, Zody’s and Wigwam (Hawaii). If I could I would have shopped at Goldwater and Sons in Phoenix and Diamonds here in Tucson.

My store is usually packed, especially with young families buying school clothes. I am kind of afraid to check if mine is getting the axe.


21 posted on 01/15/2014 2:02:07 PM PST by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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To: GSWarrior

I was in a JC Penney store after Thanksgiving, it’s not the same JC Penney we have come to know. The stores look like crap! The reminded me of a KMart. Kinda sad.


22 posted on 01/15/2014 2:02:21 PM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes mandatory ... Thomas Jefferson)
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To: GeronL
Not too long ago, I read an online screed by a perpetually offended gay person. He took *Macy's* to task. Apparently, he was registering for his wedding, and Macy's has NO gay or inter-racial couples represented in their wedding literature.

The Horror.

Anyhoo, I made a mental note. Macy's has taken all of my JCP business, anyway. Their product quality is a little better, and I like their prices more.

A pox on JCP. Too bad, too. They used to be a good place to shop.

23 posted on 01/15/2014 2:02:36 PM PST by wbill
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To: Red in Blue PA
Predictable. Target a narrow 3% of the population, many of whom would never enter your store and watch the other 97% feel taken for granted.

Also one of the implementations was to go to "everyday value" instead of sale prices. Once customers knew they could buy things they wanted when they really needed them, there was no impelling force to "buy today" or to even make the journey to the store and possible find some unrelated item.

24 posted on 01/15/2014 2:02:55 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Penney’s, Wards, Sears, and Woolworth used to have small stores in small cities. Now they are very hard to find.


25 posted on 01/15/2014 2:03:10 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

In the Era of Baraq, Dollar General is the “new normal” for family clothing....or Goodwill.


26 posted on 01/15/2014 2:04:15 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: GSWarrior

Been a lot of complaints here about JCP but I got to say that I was in a Macy’s earlier this week that was worse than any Penney’s I’ve ever been in. Worst service I’ve had anywhere in years. Cloths stashed about with no organization about them. Empty racks and fixtures.

It was eye opening. Made the last few visits to JCP seem like high class shopping sprees.


27 posted on 01/15/2014 2:04:21 PM PST by FAA
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To: Red in Blue PA

Christmas sales were a disaster because of the Obamacare dividend.


28 posted on 01/15/2014 2:04:25 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Red in Blue PA
The "D" word rears it's ugly head, but those of us not in the DC bubble have known there wasn't much of a "recovery" going on and that the unemployment numbers being reported by the Obamabot media are bogus.

Economic Expert Hunter Lewis: We Are in a Depression!

29 posted on 01/15/2014 2:04:56 PM PST by MissMagnolia (You see, truth always resides wherever brave men still have ammunition. I pick truth. (John Ransom))
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To: Dilbert San Diego

” How much of the 2% of the population which is thrilled with their endorsement of their agenda actually shop at JC Penney?”

But...
but...
The TV told me this was a wonderful idea, because that 2% has SO MUCH disposable income!!

HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED???


30 posted on 01/15/2014 2:05:14 PM PST by tcrlaf (Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
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To: wbill

there is a maketing reason for not advertising homosexuals. The second a homosexual couple is portrayed it becomes toxic to having “groom traffic”. Grooms who are repelled are a good reason to cancel weddings. Also a teeeeeeeny tiny tiny miniscule part of the 2% who claim homosexuality (m and f) are actually interested in alternative weddings.


31 posted on 01/15/2014 2:06:06 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Red Badger

“24 BLUE STATES....................”

UUUUUUHHHHH???

Only 20 states on the list - MT is RED.

Stop smokin’ dope.


32 posted on 01/15/2014 2:06:19 PM PST by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Wasn’t JC Penney targeted by some conservatives, because they were pushing homosexuality in ads, or somehow pushing the gay agenda?

JC Penney wasn't...their gay friendly CEO Ron Johnson was. He was fired last year and replaced with the CEO he replaced. Penney's is working very hard to regain the trust and respect of their customers and they're doing a decent job of it, although it may be too little too late. They showed marked YOY same store improvement in bot Oct and Nov bur fell short in Dec. Of course retail in general had an awful December.

For my part I hope JC Penney recovers and retakes their place in the marketplace. I know a lot of great people who work for them and I'd hate to see them lose their jobs. My wife worked for Penney's for 25 years and they were very good to her. Penney's always treated their employees well...much better than the average retailer.

33 posted on 01/15/2014 2:06:59 PM PST by pgkdan
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To: lulu16

I’m with you; JCP quality is just fine and now that they are having sales again, I buy almost all my clothes there.

They have gone away from the pro-homosexual emphasis and the employees at my local JCP are happy about that.


34 posted on 01/15/2014 2:07:08 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: Red in Blue PA
I skewered JC Penney when they went off the rails and got all homocentric, but to their credit Penneys got rid of Johnson and changed course. We have gone back to occasional shopping at Penneys.

I think this is directly related to the economy. They are closing four stores in WI and most of the locations they closing are in WI are in economically tenuous communities.

If anything, merchants such as K-Mart, with their Jingle Balls Christmas ad, ought to go down the flusher. That ad was offensive.

35 posted on 01/15/2014 2:07:30 PM PST by Obadiah (I Like Ted.)
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To: tcrlaf

homosexuals alegedly spend money for politician’s campaignes too. 98% vs 2% hmmmmmmm no wonder the budget is a mess.


36 posted on 01/15/2014 2:08:06 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: nascarnation
In the Era of Baraq, Dollar General is the “new normal” for family clothing....or Goodwill.

We are in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and we are about to experience another downturn with the fallout from Obamacare.

37 posted on 01/15/2014 2:08:18 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: BBB333

Sorry, I counted some of them twice.................


38 posted on 01/15/2014 2:08:30 PM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“Wasn’t JC Penney targeted by some conservatives, because they were pushing homosexuality in ads, or somehow pushing the gay”

With a laser-like focus.


39 posted on 01/15/2014 2:08:34 PM PST by moovova
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

And the scary part it that we are living 40% above the real standard of where we should be, on the fake money created by the fed gov and paid out as entitlements and govt contracts.


40 posted on 01/15/2014 2:10:43 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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