Too true. I was never out of their home store, and always left with something, but they dropped all the brands I used to buy, and the store is nearly empty now and has been for months. Latterly I have been getting cards for 10 or 20% off, but there is nothing to buy. Only saw 2 salespersons in the whole store when I was last in, which was fine as there were only about two customers in the store, aside from myself, and we were all disgusted with the empty shelves and odd items for sale, which looked like the picked over leftovers from previous glory days. Saw one gal tearing her coupon in half, and dropping it in the trash. Pity, it used to be a favorite haunt.
Johnson wanted “Designer” shops...that is not Penney's nor would it ever be....although they've always had several shops within the store right along. But there will be no more tearing out depts’s to make room for the expansions Johnson was doing..and that rapidly.
Our store was the busiest I'd seen it in months ...we were all on the run trying to keep up with the customers...I was bushed but very happy to see the customers returning in droves as they did over this weekend.
It will be a favorite place again...it's been just three or four weeks...give it some time.