JC Penney News

Every Halloween, New York City residents are greeted by homosexual parade marchers dressed to impress bystanders with a message that "gay is good." Some folks take the parade in stride, some are offended by more than a few outrageous displays, and others simply could not care less.

Tuesday is Valentine's Day and that means wine, roses, chocolates, dinner, perfume, teddy bears, jewelry, Hallmark greetings and big bucks being spent.

We don't need to read the FBI file on Steve Jobs to stipulate that there's a thin line between inspirational leadership and willful self-deception. Leadership doesn't work without a convincing projection of self-confidence. In a universe where there are no guarantees, such displays are of necessity a leap of faith and a sales tactic.

The other night, I was tempted to do what I haven't done in ages -- buy something from JC Penney.

Ron Johnson isn't afraid of making waves. Just as my page-neighbor Jeff Green suggested in his latest column, " A Penney for your Thoughts ," the Apple-CEO-turned-JCP-chief is keenly focused on reinventing a department store dinosaur into a sleek, well-oiled retail machine.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia on Friday called a lawsuit from Macy's an attempt to "rewrite" the parties' licensing deal to block Martha Stewart Living from selling products in JC Penney Co stores.

CARIBOU, Maine - Roland Cyr, 82, worked 33 years as operations manager for the J.C. Penney Co.

But JCP also has enlisted Billie Holiday to sell products in this bright, charming commercialA designed toA give you a lift.

So, yesterday, in response to new JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson's fantastic, no-bullshit defense of Ellen Degeneres as their spokesperson, I shot a quick email off to the company to praise them for their decision: Comments: Thank you to CEO Ron Johnson and the JC Penney administration for defending Ellen Degeneres and standing up to homophobic bigotry.

J.C. Penney Co is introducing a three-tier price model by which the retailer is essentially committing to a new markdown pricing strategy that will convince consumers that some items will not have price reductions , thereby their risk of buying at current prices is low, according to a Stanford University business faculty.

JC Penney hired Ellen Degeneres to plug their storeand a lot of conservatives are now boycotting the store because they think they're promoting a gay lifestyle.

Pantone, authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industry, declared the 2012 color of the year Tangerine Tango.

Whitney had a rough year in 2011. But his analysis is quite insightful. These are his updates on Netflix , J.C. Penney , Goldman , Citi , St.

Macy's is suing Martha Stewart's company for an alleged contract breach involving J.C. Penney that could affect billions of dollars in sales.

J.C. Penney and Ralph Lauren Corp. are ending their agreement to sell Ralph Lauren's American Living line through J.C. Penney stores.

Stocks staged an afternoon-long rally and closed higher Wednesday as Greece appeared to close in on the cost-cutting deal it needs to keep from defaulting on its national debt.... GREECE LIGHTENING: Greece still hasn't finalized a deal to cut what it owes bondholders, get a bailout and avoid defaulting on its debt next month.

During its latest management meeting day, JC Penney stock rose more than any other stock I have seen, based on any meeting to explain a new business plan.

One week after anti-gay conservative group 'One Million Moms' slammed JC Penney for hiring Ellen DeGeneres , the comedian has publicly called out the group for its actions.

Attention, Shoppers: J.C. Penney is making headlines because they are not having a sale.

Bill O'Reilly did a very admirable thing Monday when he defended Ellen DeGeneres amidst the hatred spewed from One Million Moms .