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Blenders and sweaters may rise in popularity this holiday season as consumers seek to replenish kitchens and wardrobes rather than spend money on luxury gifts.

Shoppers returned to malls Saturday as observers began reviewing early reports showing just how much consumers spent during their Black Friday shopping sprees.

Motivated consumers turned out in big numbers on Black Friday, gobbling up discounts on everything from Apple iPods and Barbie Power Wheels to winter coats and sweaters and Zhu-Zhu Hamster toys.

Before deciding where to buy a laptop for his daughter on Black Friday, Nate Bryan was scouring the web for deals.

Sun Photo by Phil Gentry It was very dark and very chilly when the J.C. Penney Co.

It may not be Christmas yet, but the giving season is in full swing. The Salvation Army had its annual Angel Tree and Red Kettle kickoff Friday at Turtle Creek Mall's Center Court in front of JC Penney.

Retailers are thinking beyond Cyber Monday -- a holiday marketing promotion many push for the Monday after Thanksgiving -- and trying to spin their discounts into Cyber Weekends or even Cyber Weeks.

Plano, Texas J. C. Penney Co. said it plans to offer its Cyber Monday online specials an entire day earlier this year, making Nov.

A federal court in Texas has dismissed tungsten carbide ring king Trent West's patent infringement lawsuit against J.C. Penney Co., court documents show, in a case that lawyers say provides the department store with unfettered access to a popular sector of the men's wedding band market.

In this Oct. 23, 2009 photo, Mike Ullman, Chairman and CEO of J.C. Penney Company, Inc., visits a company store in New York.

California will receive $2.31 million in federal grants to train workers for green jobs and help place them with employers, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced Wednesday.

Getting out of the doghouse, as Donny is doing here, is as easy as buying your loved one a piece of fine jewelry.

Shop 'till you drop it's not, but U.S. women are finally starting to buy clothes again.

Retailers are rallying on Friday, after the first round of companies that reported earnings this week came in better than expected.

This morning, Goldman Sachs downgraded shares of both JC Penney and Dollar Tree as the firm is bearish on any companies competing with Wal-Mart . The firm lowered its rating on JC Penney from Netural to Sell and set a price target of $32 per share, while shares of Dollar Treet were downgraded from Buy to Neutral with a $52 price target.

This holiday season, J.C. Penney CEO and Chairman Myron E. Ullman III is armed with a lineup of exclusive fashion brands he helped bring to the department store chain, and he's ready to battle key rivals like Macy's. During more than two decades in retailing, Ullman has seen a slew of competitors go out of business and - as Macy's CEO in the early ...

NAME: Myron E. Ullman III, known as Mike OCCUPATION: Chairman and CEO, J.C. Penney Co.

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J.C. Penney Co. , the third-largest U.S. department-store company, jumped the most in three months in New York trading after saying third-quarter earnings exceeded its expectations and raising its annual forecast.

J.C. Penney will stop publishing its twice-yearly 'big book' catalogs, now that customers increasingly shop online.