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In reply to the discussion: J.C. Penney Sees Risks in Morale, Efficiency as Employees Leave [View all]TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)4. What is a "collection of branded shops"? How does this differ
from a department store? I went there to buy jeans a few weeks ago, and instead of racks and shelves of choices, they had some low tables with a few unfolded, stacked pairs of jeans--I thought it was some kind of funky display-only thing, but then a saleswoman brought me over to them when I asked where the jeans were. Almost nothing worthwhile in petites, and I need petites. Sears still has the old department store thing going on, but they're slowly dying. All I'm going to have left pretty soon is faux-discount Kohl's and the Targets and WallyWorlds.
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Why do they want to change something that wasn't broken? Maybe they need the change at the
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#1
It's kind of sad to see what is happening to these stores. I remember living overseas as
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#43
Well for me I live in a rural area and our JCP is doing well as far as I know.
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#42
I used to like shopping at Penny's. This is a terrible restructuring - attempt to Walmart the place
leveymg
Dec 2012
#8
They're "Amazon's Showroom" but that means people are Coming Into The Store. A smart retailer...
Gidney N Cloyd
Dec 2012
#16
Me too, but I may be odd. When I buy something I want it in my hands then and there.
Gidney N Cloyd
Dec 2012
#44