The sad thing is I suspect that the Rocky Mount, NC store will be amongst the earlier rounds of store closures as they like 'Sears Holdings' and 'Bed, Bath, & Beyond' will be closing stores either due to "performance" or "lease ending" reasons (The... — read more 

The major factor in malls,. VS Online is, Take amazon.com. When i purchase an item from and shipped by Amazon.com. I get it in 2 days. IE. ( Toaster ) If that product should fail or be dented whatever, amazon will send a call tag pick it up and... — read more 

Paying 60 bucks for a pair of pants made by an 8 year old in Bangladesh, is not a good buy. I can go to the Van Heusen outlet mall in Howell, and buy the same slacks for 17.99. This is why JCPenney will die just like Sears and the rest. And Van... — read more 

Internet shopping is only wrecking America, if your idea of America is "going to the mall". Malls are a 1960's concept whose time has come and gone. The large department stores that anchor those malls have been declining for many years. I'd bet that... — read more 

I'm surprised they have 140 stores left. Odd that they would have any expectations about Millennials spending money in their stores. Millennials really don't have any money.

I hope the Bismarck store won't be affected by this. I get my jeans and shorts from there because they're high quality made. Is there a list somewhere where I can find out?

We lost JCPenny in the next town. Have to drive a lot further if I want to shop at a Penny's or go online. Now we are losing K-Mart in our town. It doesn't make sense since the only place to shop is now Walmart. In the meantime the town that is... — read more 

My JCPenney once existed in a mall and I went there a lot. They they left it and opened a store at some newer outdoor strip center. I've been there exactly two times. I still prefer the mall but now this one is a joke. Nothing to do there now but eat... — read more 

Everyone overlooks the No. 1 retailer: QVC. Last year's junk at next year's prices. Nice shipping and handling charges support low cost junk profits.

JC Penney has been going downhill for years. There's hardly ever a lot of people in their stores and they never have Really good sales. They have 5-7% off sales and at the most 15% off once in a while.

Unfortunately this trend with department store retail has been going on for awhile. The mall era of the late seventies and eighties is slowly coming to an end. It sure won't help Trumps promise for more jobs.

So sad that JC Penney(along with Kmart and Sears) are dying. It's been a year since the Morristown,TN Penney store closed, which was replaced by D–k's Sporting Goods. But, on the flip side, this is probably move to keep them in the black and move... — read more 

There is a big evolution going on that won't simply end with the death of stores like JC Penney. It seems like there will always need to be a place to go look at the object. Touch it, see it, hear it, try it on. I am a big Amazon shopper, but I... — read more 

I like buying from Amazon. I never enjoyed shopping. Going to the mall feels like a chore. When I do go to the mall I am in and out. Which is why I like buying online. I click on what I want, and in two days, it's in an Amazon locker. I can even get... — read more 

For all of you with short memories, this has nothing to do with politics. Trump didn't cause this, Obama didn't cause this and Bush didn't cause this. It also didn't have as much to do with the internet as many claim. By the late 1970s, the... — read more 

Well, the average size an American woman wears is a 16. That's average. Stores like Pennys stock sizes 16 and lower, most clothes in the 4-8 range, and wonder why they have to close stores. I don't even go to brick and mortar stores to buy clothes... — read more 

younger and more lazy buyers. They grew up in a generation of Amazon type business model. they are ok with delivery. The girl i live next to is a manager at target but only buys online from Target also?? Same with TV and cable. younger crowd... — read more 

The companies that can effectively get their products to consumers for the best value survive, and those than cannot go away. How many businesses failed decades ago because of these huge retailers? It's how the economy and society functions. Nothing... — read more 

JCP, you are dying, as are many department stores. Perhaps you should try something radical. Start selling an Ivanka clothing line. Start selling Trump books, socks and tee shirts. Set up a patriot section selling American Flags, as well as jigsaw... — read more 

It's not just mall stores that will be closing en masse, it's a lot of brick and mortar stores as well. Retail jobs will be decimated, and tax revenue for communities will be as well. The Internet has changed so many facets of our lives, for better... — read more 

Penny's is actually doing the right thing that will help it to survive. When you exceed your optimum scale of enterprise, by opening too many locations, you greatly reduce your profit margin because your overhead becomes too high for you to maintain... — read more 

These store's and ceo's run their companies like id–ts and one wonders how these clowns got their jobs. Went to Kohls and a J.C. Penny's stores in Florida in Novmeber to buy sandals and bathing suits and they had Zero in stock. I asked for the... — read more 

Everyone is quick to claim this is driven by online shopping but the core of what JCP (and sears) sells are not really online items. Clothing, bath & housewares are likely not big online sales areas. Some of these items that are online are still... — read more 

I agree that Amazon has dominated the retail market. But, as it grows, it becomes a bigger den of c-appy merchandise. Where, in the past, I rarely needed to return things, I find that I have a lot of returns now. The products from Amazon's... — read more 

Which means JC Penney, Sears, K-Mart, BestBuy, Macys, and other traditional retailers had better get their online operations up-to-speed – and fast – before they completely go down the toilet

It's a shame but Sears and Kmart along with JCPenney are dead men walking.

love Wally World because i can buy American-made goods by shopping selectively, unlike others

Hope it's not the one near me. Hate shopping on line. I like to see what I'm buying in person. Hate Walmart

The only JCP store in the Lehigh Valley is located right here at the Lehigh Valley Mall in Whitehall Township. There is also a store at Stroud Mall in Monroe County and Montgomery Mall in North Wales, Montgomery County. As of now, we do not... — read more 

Is the plan to close this store just like 140 others. This was announced today. What will happen to all folks who work here? It'll be a huge hit for our community. I hope you keep our store open.

Anyone has more info on this - is this store shortlisted for closures? Please post.

Everyone is quick to claim this is driven by online shopping but the core of what JCP (and Sears) sells are not really online items. Clothing, bath & housewares are likely not big online sales areas. Some of these items that are online are still... — read more 

I enjoy shopping online as much as the next person. But, there is going to be a day where we can not actually go to a store and touch and/or feel something. I think we're going to miss this more than we realize.

I am the only person employed in my household, and this job is important to me. I hear that we may be closing many stores in North Carolina, but I was hoping that Raleigh may stay open. DO YOU KNOW IF RALEIGH WILL BE CLOSED SOON? Let me know... — read more