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Consumer spending may have slowed and U.S. retail sales are struggling, but the environment has not dampened J.C. Penney Co Inc's efforts to celebrate its latest brand launch in style.

Macy's Inc.'s shares rebounded Monday, almost erasing the 4.9 percent decline on Friday, after J.P. Morgan upgraded the stock to "neutral" from "underweight" and investors digested chief executive officer Terry ...

Plano -based J.C. Penney is posting a drop in sales for the month of June as store sales are off 2.5 percent from June 2007.

Let the retail extravaganza begin... This morning, a plethora of retailers reported their respective same-store sales figures for the month of June.

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Two retailers based in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex -- J.C. Penney Co. Inc. and Tuesday Morning -- posted a drop in sales Thursday.

Discounters posted better-than-expected sales for June as federal rebate checks continued to reach taxpayers last month, with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Like most retailers, J.C. Penney is struggling. Its stock is more than 50% off its 52-week high and the company recently announced it intends to slow its expansion plans.

Summer has barely begun, but retailers are already focusing on back-to-school sales, which are expected to be especially critical this year as consumers rein in spending.

J.C. Penney Co Inc is banking on fashion variety and price to spice up back-to-school sales to middle America as the retailer's top customers shop for bargains in hard times.

J.C. Penney Co. will further slow the pace of new department store openings and cut capital spending next year because of the weak economy.

Here's a look at some of the seasons hottest style steals and deals in local stores and online: Old Navy's Summer Loving clearance sale is offering up huge bargains on summer essentials like tanks, T's, ...

J.C. Penney Co. execs are blaming the company's ad agency, Saatchi & Saatchi, for a fake ad that debuted at Cannes and is now on YouTube in which the retailer appears to be endorsing teen sex.

Prospective buyers are afraid that customers of stores like Wal-Mart Stores Inc , J.C. Penney Co and Lowe's are having trouble paying their bills, said the report.

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They said in a statement, "The commercial was never broadcast, but rather was created by a former employee at JCPenney's advertising agency, Saatchi & Saatchi, solely as an award submission without JCPenney's ...

After completing its strategic planning process for the coming year, Plano, Texas-based J. C. Penney Co.

Retailer's 2009 expenditures for new stores and renovations will be 35 percent less than in 2008, but Sephora shop expansion plans remain intact J.C. Penney Co.