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Earlier this month, retail analyst Charles Grom of Sterne Agee initiated coverage on troubled department store operator J.C. Penney with a buy rating and a $23 price target, which is about 30% above its recent trading range.

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The apology from J.C. Penney's in the "We're Listening" campaign seems to be working, at least for now.

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Two of America's biggest middle-income department stores are struggling. Sears Holdings Corp is slowly bleeding cash, while J.C. Penney Company, Inc. 's future remains highly uncertain.

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After the deluge of commercials asking for customers to come back, expressions of gratitude , and plugs for its refreshed home furnishings department, J.C. Penney's quietly making over its private label business.

JC Penney opened an apparel design center in Manhattan that will focus on reviving its in-house labels like Liz Claiborne , St. John's Bay , and Arizona .

J.C. Penney : Wells Fargo says that it has been "surprised" at the amount of TV advertising J.C. Penney has done, but it notes that the spending will drive some incremental traffic and sales.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Coastal Empire is teaming with JC Penney's charitable giving program, JCP Cares, this month to raise funds for youth mentoring programs.

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The department store industry within the U.S. is enormous. But the sector has faced tough conditions over the last five years - from 2008 to 2012.