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JCPenney Co.

  • New JCP board teaches online acumen

    Mandy Ginsberg isn’t a household name in the retail industry but J.C. Penney thinks its newest board member can help improve online customer engagement.

  • Back-to-school is omnichannel at JCPenney

    JCPenney Co. is launching a back-to-school marketing campaign that covers all the bases of omnichannel retailing.

  • J.C. Penney crosses channels for back to school

    Plano, Texas – The J.C. Penney Co. Inc. is launching a back-to-school marketing campaign that crosses multiple channels. The campaign will be supported by ads on TV, in Seventeen magazine, direct mail, preprints, broadcast and streaming video.

    All marketing elements will be housed on a back-to-school hub at the Penney website, which includes a mix-and-match game that allows kids and teens to assemble different pieces to create their own style mash-up.

  • Randolph Mall welcomes two new retail tenants

    Chattanooga, Tenn. - Ross Dress for Less and Ulta Beauty are coming to Randolph Mall in Asheboro, North Carolina. The two new stores will be situated in the former J.C. Penney location.  

    Construction is expected to begin in October with the grand opening for both stores scheduled for 2016. Randolph Mall is a 400,000-sq.-ft. mall featuring more than 40 specialty stores and is anchored by Belk, Dunham’s Sports, and Sears.

  • Amazon competitor prepares for Tuesday takeoff

    Hoboken, N.J. – The countdown is on for the latest competitor to Amazon.com to take off. Jet.com, which hopes to compete with the Amazon Prime membership service using “profit-free” pricing, has an online clock on its homepage counting down to launch at 6 a.m. ET on Tuesday, July 21.

  • Starbucks launches big jobs initiative — with a little help from its friends

    Chicago -- Starbucks Corp. is ratcheting up its already significant commitment to job creation.

    The coffee giant is teaming up with such other retail powerhouses as Walmart, CVS Health, Walgreens, Macy’s, Target and J.C. Penney in an ambitious jobs program to hire 100,000 16- to 24-year-olds "who face systemic barriers to jobs and education" by 2018 through apprenticeships, internships, training programs, and both part-time and full-time jobs.

  • Spotlight on Men's Wearhouse CEO

    The menswear market is hot. Men’s apparel sales in the United States rose 2% in 2014 to $61.3 billion, up from $60.8 billion in 2013.

    And Men’s Wearhouse — one of North America’s largest menswear specialty retailers with 1,758 stores — has been taking note.

  • Nordstrom Rack in 2017 opening

    Seattle -- Nordstrom remains on the move with its off-price division.

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