INDEX: JCPenney Retail Fixtures

INDEX:
JCPenney Retail Fixtures

JCPenney Retail Fixtures

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BACTSTORY: J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (doing business as JCPenney) is an American department store chain with 1,014 locations^[1] in 49 U.S. statesand Puerto Rico.^[5] In addition to selling conventional merchandise, JCPenney stores often house several leased departments such as Sephora, Seattle’s Best Coffee, salons, optical centers, portrait studios, and jewelry repair.

Most JCPenney stores are located in suburban shopping malls. Before 1966, most of its stores were located in downtown areas. As shopping malls became more popular during the latter half of the 20th century, JCPenney followed the trend by relocating and developing stores to anchor the malls. In more recent years, the chain has continued to follow consumer traffic, echoing the retailing trend of opening some freestanding stores, including some next door to competitors. Certain stores are located in power centers. The company has been an Internet retailer since 1998. It has streamlined its catalog and distribution while undergoing renovation improvements at store level.

James Cash Penney was born in Hamilton, Missouri. After graduating from high school, Penney worked for a local retailer. He relocated to Colorado at the advice of a doctor, hoping that a better climate would improve his health.^[6] In 1898, Penney went to work for Thomas Callahan and Guy Johnson, who owned dry goods stores called Golden Rule stores in Colorado and Wyoming.^[7] In 1899, Callahan sent Penney to Evanston, Wyoming, to work with Johnson in another Golden Rule store.^[7] Callahan and Johnson asked Penney to join them in opening a new Golden Rule store. Using money from savings and a loan, Penney joined the partnership and moved with his wife and infant son to Kemmerer, Wyoming, to start his own store.^[7] Penney opened the store on April 14, 1902.^[7] He participated in the creation of two more stores, and purchased full interest in all three locations when Callahan and Johnson dissolved their partnership in 1907. In 1909, Penney moved his company headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah to be closer to banks and railroads. By 1912, Penney had 34 stores in the Rocky Mountain States. In 1913, all stores were consolidated under the J.C. Penney banner. The so-called “mother store”, in Kemmerer, opened as the chain’s second location in 1904. It still operates, as of 2011, albeit with shorter hours than many other locations.

In 1913, the company was incorporated under the new name, J. C. Penney Company, with William Henry McManus as a co-founder. In 1914, the headquarters was moved to New York City to simplify buying, financing, and transportation of goods.^[8] By 1917, the company operated 175 stores in 22 states in the United States. J. C. Penney acquired The Crescent Corset Company in 1920, the company’s first wholly owned subsidiary. In 1922, the company’s oldest active private brand, Big Mac work clothes, was launched. The company opened its 500th store in 1924 in Hamilton, Missouri, James Cash Penney’s hometown. By the opening of the 1,000th store in 1928, gross business had reached $190,000,000 (equivalent to $2.65 billion in 2017). (SOURCE: Wikipedia)

This JCPenney Retail Fixtures index page aggregates links
to all post and photos of the brand’s retail merchandising and outfitting.

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