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.
I really like the employees at my store too. I haven’t spoken to them about the homosexual topic, but I am glad to know they aren’t targeting the “alternate lifestyles” crowd anymore.
Another on the “yea” side here. Since our Penney’s was recently remodeled, I didn’t expect to see it on the closure list and was happy it wasn’t. They have decent clothes at fair prices. My oldest daughter has just moved into “junior” sizes and we always find something we agree on there. I do think their housewares department has suffered in recent years, though.
My local Penney's is the only store where I can find men's undershirts made of a combination of cotton and polyester (which gives it stretch). Elsewhere all I can find is all-cotton, which I heartily dislike.