Here’s The List Of JCPenney Stores To Be Closed

Consumerist ^ | January 16, 2014

[SMGFan]

Yesterday afternoon, JCPenney announced it would be laying off around 2,500 employees and shuttering 33 underperforming stores around the country. Want to know if your local JCP made the cut?

[henkster]

You can add Barnes & Noble to the list.

[stinkerpot65]

Yep. Guess the homo market wasn’t as big as they thought.

[P.O.E.]

Exton Square Mall in Exton, Pa.
Laurel Mall in Hazleton, Pa.
Washington Mall in Washington, Pa.
Phillipsburg Mall, NJ (Easton's "twin city")

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[Wyatt's Torch]

Well that can’t be... I read here on FR that the only reason why JCP is dying is because of their gay ads? When did Sears, Best Buy and K-Mart do that as well?

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[upchuck]

Whew! I’m so glad our JPC here in Aiken County, SC made the cut :)

Shopping in that store and the song, “One Is the Loneliest Number” have a lot in common. Great place to go hear echos.

[Responsibility2nd]

Wisconsin loses five.

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I noticed that too. I wonder why.

I also wonder if some of these stores are in dead or dying malls?

That alone would be a good reason to close.

[upchuck]

JCP, sorry.

[SkyPilot]

The one in Burlington NJ is a garbage dump. The mall has been taken over by gang bangers.

[DJ MacWoW]

Obama will be cheering the further destruction of the economy and higher unemployment. He can cheer with some posters on FR and share a toast.

[GailA]

Well I can't speak of Best Buy’s problems, but I can to Penny's and Sears. They cater to 3 age ranges, babies/children, young adults and the group that wears Alfred Dunner. The clothing is way to ethnic and ugly and wild nothing conservative, to geared to 20 year old's, no church clothes, don't carry your shoe size or they only have those 4 in heels, OVER PRICED rags, and you expect me to pay $50 for a pair of ripped up jeans (I can get at Salvation Army nearly new unripped up jeans for $4 bucks?) and T shirts you can see through? And it does not survive more than a few washings? The colors bleed to boot. Mostly cheap made chinese crap. This goes for ALL STORES that sell women's clothing.

I'm 65 I don't wear street walker's clothes. Nor am I ready or need Alfred Dunner which are fairly decent in looks, if you like the pull on stuff that is over priced. They don't make then in size 5 either! And nothing for church. Unless it is a pot luck I wear dresses or skirts to church as I was taught in my youth was proper and respectful.

[verga]

Because Obama is destroying the economy and more people will be unemployed.

I think this is more due to Penny's business plan (or lack there of).

Ellen DeGeneres may be popular as a talk show host, but the public did not respond well to her being their spokesperson. Also Coupon/ No coupon/ reduced pricing/ back to coupons debacle did not go over well either.

[Mad Dawgg]

Two things are killing these stores.

1. Obamanomics...

2. Amazon (and other online retailers)

Even if number 1 gets fixed number 2 is still going to eventually wipe out brick and mortar stores in most towns.

Its become too costly and its way more efficient to use internet sales and build your warehouses near large shipping hubs.

Younger people are growing up using the internet to shop. When our generation is in the ground brick and mortar Dept. Stores will become scarce most likely they will be located in areas that are popular travel destinations.

Places like Wal-Mart will still be around but they will be smaller. They will have high volume stuff like food and such, stuff that people need every day. Also seasonal stuff like gardening supplies etc. and I am sure some basic clothing stuff.

But the market has changed. Gas has become far too expensive to drive around searching for things when its all at the tip of your fingers and can be delivered in just a few days. And the cost of maintaining high priced real estate to put a showroom in every town is just too much, not to mention the cost of all the unfunded government mandates employers have to deal with like Obamacare and such.

[maddog55]

PROGRESSIVE MESSIAH MART coming soon:

[DJ MacWoW]

Yeah JCP was on the wrong path but you don’t think the lousy economy helped, do you? Obama must be doing a happy dance.

[fatnotlazy]

I go walking at a local mall. Every year right after Christmas, at least 1 store closes. This year it was 3. Plus McDonald’s in the food court closed. Things are bad when McDonald’s closes.

[Revolting cat!]

This has nothing to do with faggotry, Ms Fabulous!

[Revolting cat!]

This has nothing to do with faggotry, Ms Fabulous!

[Mad Dawgg]

"As we have traveled, I’ve noticed a lot of shopping centers with a lot of empty space where something used to exist. Has anyone else noticed that?"

Yep, see post 32

[Uncle Chip]

Well where’s the list — don’t be a tease — we all need to know where we won’t be going anymore as if we ever went there before — here try this:

ALABAMA
Selma Mall (Selma)
CALIFORNIA
Arrow Plaza (Rancho Cucamonga)
COLORADO
Chapel Hills Mall (Colorado Springs)
CONNECTICUT
Meriden Square (Meriden)
FLORIDA
Lake Square Mall (Leesburg)
Gulf View Square (Port Richey)
IOWA
Muscatine Mall (Muscatine)
ILLINOIS
Stratford Square Mall (Bloomingdale)
Hickory Point Mall (Forsyth)
INDIANA
Five Points Mall (Marion)
Marketplace Shopping Center (Warsaw)
MARYLAND
The Centre at Salisbury (Salisbury)
MICHIGAN
Westwood Plaza (Marquette)
MINNESOTA
Northland Mall (Worthington)
MISSISSIPPI
Singing River Mall (Gautier)
Natchez Mall (Natchez)
MONTANA
Butte Plaza Shopping Center (Butte)
The JC Penney Store in Cut Bank (Cut Bank)
NORTH CAROLINA
Vernon Park Mall (Kinston)
NEW JERSEY
Burlington Center (Burlington)
Phillipsburg Mall (Phillipsburg)
OHIO
Wayne Towne Plaza (Wooster)
PENNSYLVANIA
Exton Square Mall (Exton)
LaurelMall (Hazleton)
Washington Mall (Washington)
TENNESSEE
Northgate Mall (Chattanooga)
VIRGINIA
Bristol Mall (Bristol)
Military Circle Mall (Norfolk)
WISCONSIN
Forest Mall (Fond du Lac)
Janesville Mall (Janesville)
Lincoln Plaza Center (Rhinelander)
Cedar Mall (Rice Lake)
Wausau Mall (Wausau)

[DJ MacWoW]

Yup!