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J.C. Penney

What do the mall owners Simon and Brookfield see in J.C. Penney?

by Marielle Segarra
Sep 10, 2020
They can't let the retailer fail.
A closed J.C. Penney store at a mall in San Bruno, California. The retailer is an anchor store in a lot of malls.
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J.C. Penney joins ranks of major retailers filing for bankruptcy

by Jasmine Garsd
May 18, 2020
Experts say these companies were already in trouble before the pandemic.
Retail watchers say J.C. Penney won't be the last company to see this kind of financial trouble during the pandemic.
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A Montana mall gets another chance

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Jan 16, 2019
After years of watching department stores fall, a mall turns to the mixed-use concept.
“If there's one thing that retailers do, it's that we adapt," said Butte Plaza Mall manager Alana Ferko. “If you don't adapt, you'll go the way of the dinosaur."
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US retail is hurting, and your mall is probably feeling it

by Kai Ryssdal
May 16, 2017
Brick-and-mortar stores are plagued by closures and job loss post-election.
People walk through a nearly empty shopping mall in Waterbury, Connecticut. 
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