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109-464: The mall's final anchor store was JCPenney , which closed its doors on April 8, 2016. Previous anchors were Bambergers , Hecht's , Macy's , Boscov's , Lord & Taylor , Saks Fifth Avenue , and Sears . IFL (International Furniture Liquidators) was temporarily located in the space vacated by Lord & Taylor. Sticks 'N' Stuff, a furniture retailer, was temporarily located in the Sears building before it

218-659: A "Jacques Penne" pop-up shop in Manhattan during the 2017 holiday season. In 2018, the JCPenney at Plaza Palma Real in Humacao, Puerto Rico closed permanently, after Hurricane Maria devastated the store in September 2017. In May, JCPenney reported an adjusted loss of $ 69 million in the first quarter, even worse than Wall Street predicted, and lowered its projections for the year. Sales fell 4%, also missing estimates. Earlier in 2018,

327-670: A 16.6% stake in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, intending to create "mini-Martha Stewart shops" in its stores by 2013. In early 2012, JCPenney implemented a new pricing strategy, replacing sales with "Every Day" prices, but saw a 22% sales decline by mid-year. The company also experienced staff cuts, laying off 1,600 employees in January and 600 more in April 2012. Johnson was dismissed in April 2013 and replaced by former CEO Mike Ullman . In late 2013, JCPenney faced challenges in

436-508: A J. C. Penney in Des Moines, Iowa . Walton subsequently founded retailer Walmart in 1962. By 1941, J. C. Penney operated 1,600 stores in all 48 states. In 1956, J. C. Penney started national advertising with a series of advertisements in Life magazine. J. C. Penney credit cards were first issued in 1959. The company dedicated its first full-line shopping-center department store in 1961. This store

545-550: A business section on Tuesdays and Sundays in 2010, with business pages occupying part of the news section on other days. Features sections debuting in 2010 included a Saturday "Home" section, a Thursday "Style" section and a Monday section called "Sunrise." The sports article written by Peter Schmuck is published only on weekdays. The Sunday Sun for many years was noted for a locally produced rotogravure Maryland pictorial magazine section, featuring works by such acclaimed photographers as A. Aubrey Bodine . The Sunday Sun dropped

654-407: A forty-plus-year association with the paper. Other notable journalists, editors, photographers and cartoonists on the staff of The Baltimore Sun include: The first issue of The Sun , a four-page tabloid, was printed at 21  Light Street in downtown Baltimore in the mid-1830s. In 1851, the newspaper moved to a five-story structure at the corner of Baltimore and South streets. In 1904, in

763-599: A group of stores that were divested because of trade competition issues raised during the merger.) On December 9, 1998, The New York Times reported JCPenney would acquire controlling interest of Lojas Renner for a little over $ 33 million, which increased the company's maneuvering ability with their already existing units in Chile, Mexico and Puerto Rico . In 1998, JCPenney launched its Internet store . Between 1995 and 1998, JCPenney entered Indonesia under partnership with Lippo Group (under their Multipolar investment arm) with

872-483: A juniors clothing line) and the introduction of more skate/surf-oriented clothing, including Rusty, RS by Ryan Sheckler and 3rd Rail. In August, Albert Gonzalez 's defense lawyer announced JCPenney was a victim of a computer hacker , although the company stated that no customers' credit card information had been stolen. That year, JCPenney reached an agreement with Seattle's Best Coffee to feature full-service cafes within leased departments inside JCPenney stores across

981-491: A larger, modern plant at Calvert and Centre streets. In 1979, ground was broken for a new addition to the Calvert Street plant to house modern pressroom facilities. This facility commenced operations in 1981. In April 1988, at a cost of $ 180 million, the company purchased 60 acres (24 ha) of land at Port Covington and built "Sun Park". The new building houses a satellite printing and packaging facility, and also

1090-600: A new "outdoor style" mall similar to the revamped Hunt Valley Towne Centre to be completed by 2014. An October 2014 story in the Baltimore Business Journal stated that the mall was "about half vacant." In late September 2015, the interior of the mall was closed, leaving only Macy's, JCPenney, out-parcel restaurants and movie theater in operation. Macy's closed in November 2015, and JCPenney announced on January 13, 2016, that it would close its Owings Mills location in

1199-531: A new Golden Rule store. Using money from savings and a loan, Penney joined the partnership and moved with his wife and infant son to Kemmerer, Wyoming , to start his own store. Penney opened the store on April 14, 1902. He participated in the creation of two more stores and purchased full interest in all three locations when Callahan and Johnson dissolved their partnership in 1907. In 1909, Penney moved his company headquarters to Salt Lake City , Utah to be closer to banks and railroads. By 1912, Penney had 34 stores in

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1308-570: A non-binding agreement to sell The Sun to the Sunlight For All Institute, a nonprofit backed by businessman and philanthropist Stewart W. Bainum Jr. The deal was contingent on approval by Tribune shareholders of the merger deal. It fell apart in talks over operating agreements with Tribune for functions including human resources and customer service. Bainum then led a failed bid to acquire all of Tribune Publishing. Bainum subsequently founded The Baltimore Banner , pledging $ 50 million to

1417-475: A period of roughly a year during which the paper's owners sometimes printed a two-section product, The Baltimore Sun now has three sections every weekday: News, Sports and alternating various business and features sections. On some days, comics and such features as the horoscope and TV listings are printed in the back of the Sports section. After dropping the standalone business section in 2009, The Sun brought back

1526-439: A planned closing a total of 242 stores. Since the initial filing, rumors of potential buyers included Amazon , Sycamore Partners , and a group consisting of Authentic Brands ( Forever 21 , Aeropostale , Barneys ), and mall owners Simon Property Group and Brookfield Properties. On July 8, JCPenney submitted their bankruptcy exit plan to existing lenders, and also requested more time for negotiations. On July 31, 2020, it

1635-530: A preview of an upcoming product line. In February 2008, the company launched the American Living brand, as developed by Ralph Lauren , across several product lines. The launch, which was accompanied by an ad campaign during the 80th Academy Awards , was the company's largest private brand launch. That summer, JCPenney also added a new brand to its home collection, Linden Street. The Linden Street brand features furniture, domestics, and home decor. Linden Street

1744-514: A prize at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival . The ad was criticized for seeming to promote teen sex. JCPenney denied that the ad was theirs and their advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi reported that it had been created by a third-party vendor. It was entered in the competition by Epoch Films, who declined to comment. Marketing expert John Tantillo advised that the company distance itself from

1853-563: A result of the renovations at other local Baltimore area suburban malls Towson Town Center and The Mall in Columbia , crime committed in and around the mall, and the shift in the socio-economic climate of the community surrounding the mall, Owings Mills Mall had steadily lost business since that time. Saks Fifth Avenue closed in 1996, and was replaced with JCPenney. Owings Mills Mall received growing competition as other local malls have expanded. Towson Town Center added Nordstrom in 1991 and that

1962-443: A robbery attempt, and her purse, containing about $ 120, was taken. The pathway was closed on November 25, 1992, in response to Brown's murder. The murder received heavy local media attention, which led to a long-standing perception that Owings Mills Mall was unsafe. After the closure of the trail, a walk between the mall and metro became impractical for most, thereby requiring the use of regular bus service. In 1997, bus service between

2071-466: A short-lived furniture retailer moved into the Sears building, but closed in 2004, and the building was subsequently demolished to make way for an adjacent residential development. IFL (International Furniture Liquidators) moved into the Lord & Taylor building, but was short-lived and closed soon after. The building remained vacant until demolition. When Macy's acquired Hecht's in late 2006, Macy's moved into

2180-417: A six-year, $ 1 billion deal with JCPenney to sell a line of affordable clothing, accessories, cosmetics, and perfumes ranging in price from $ 24 to $ 200. The move was considered controversial then as no other high-end designer up to that point in time had licensed their designs to a mid-price retailer. The line, named Halston III, would not last long, as it would be poorly received and discontinued after about

2289-551: A wave of millennials who are buying first-time homes. In February, JCPenney opened a support center in Bangalore , India. In January 2017, JCPenney sold its headquarters campus and surrounding land in Plano, Texas, to Dreien Opportunity Partners as a leaseback sale to maintain operations at the location. The land has since been broken up and sold and developed. Space inside the headquarters building has been subleased. Part of this land

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2398-650: A year. However, the business move paved the way for other such high-end designers to sell their products at stores of varying price ranges in the future. In 1984, JCPenney acquired the First National Bank of Harrington, Delaware and renamed it J. C. Penney National Bank. With the acquisition of the bank, the company became able to issue its own Mastercard and Visa Inc. cards. The company also began accepting American Express cards. Also that year, Thrift Drug began co-locating stores with Weis Markets , and acquired many former Pantry Pride properties. In April 1987,

2507-514: Is an American department store chain that operates 656 stores across 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. Departments inside JCPenney stores include Men's, Women's, Boys', Girls', Baby, Bedding, Home, Fine Jewelry, Shoes, Lingerie, JCPenney Salon , JCPenney Beauty , as well as leased departments such as Seattle's Best Coffee , US Vision optical centers, and Lifetouch portrait studios. Most JCPenney stores were initially located in downtown areas, but, as shopping malls grew in popularity during

2616-410: Is sold exclusively in JCPenney stores and through its website. Other brands for juniors and young men were launched that summer. They included a relaunch of Le Tigre , along with Decree, and Fabulosity, a junior line of clothing by Kimora Lee Simmons . In July 2009, new additions were made to the JCPenney young men's department, including an expansion of its private brand Decree (previously exclusively

2725-414: Is the newspaper's headquarters for its distribution operations. The Sun ' s printing facility at Sun Park has highly sophisticated computerized presses and automated insertion equipment in the packaging area. To keep pace with the speed of the presses and automated guided vehicles, intelligent electronic forklifts deliver the newsprint to the presses. On January 30, 2022, The Baltimore Sun newspaper

2834-503: Is the region's most widely read source of news. On February 20, 2014, The Baltimore Sun Media Group announced that they would buy the alternative weekly City Paper . In April, the Sun acquired the Maryland publications of Landmark Media Enterprises . In February 2021, as part of the planned merger between Tribune Publishing and Alden Global Capital , Tribune announced that Alden had reached

2943-450: Is unclear whether she was fired or resigned. On January 1, 2021, Soltau was replaced by Simon Property's chief investment officer, Stanley Shashoua. On June 4, 2020, JCPenney released a list of 148 stores slated to close starting in late June 2020, with eleven additional store closures announced on June 22 and two additional stores on July 7, with the previously announced store closing locations remaining on hold pending further review, for

3052-496: The 79th Academy Awards in late February 2007. After JCPenney sold off Eckerd in 2004, the locations that continued to operate as Eckerd (some locations in the Southern U.S. were sold to CVS Corporation ) still had JCPenney Catalog Centers inside the stores (which was a carryover from locations that were once Thrift Drug ) and also continued to accept JCPenney credit cards. After Rite Aid finalized its acquisition of Eckerd in 2007,

3161-507: The COVID-19 pandemic for its action. By June 17, JCPenney reopened approximately 827 stores; most of the 154 scheduled for permanent closure in 2020 were among those reopened, with final closing sales in progress. On June 22, JCPenney identified an additional 13 stores that would be permanently closed. On July 7, 2020, JCPenney announced that they would close two stores in New York City; one at

3270-614: The Great Baltimore Fire , the structure, known as the "Iron Building", was destroyed. In 1885, The Sun constructed a building for its Washington, D.C. bureau at 1317 F Street, NW, in Washington, D.C. The building is on the National Register . In 1906, operations were moved to Charles and Baltimore streets, where The Sun was written, published, and distributed for nearly 50 years. In 1950, operations were moved to

3379-830: The JCPenney style in advertising. and its revenues reached $ 5 billion (equivalent to $ 37.6 billion in 2024) for the first time and catalog business made a profit for the first time. JCPenney reached its peak number of stores in 1973, with 2,053 stores, 300 of which were full-line establishments. However, the company was hard hit by the 1974 recession with its stock price declining by two-thirds. In 1977, J. C. Penney sold its four stores in Italy to Italian department store chain La Rinascente ; Penneys had opened in Italy in 1970 but left due to difficulties encountered when trying to expand in Italy and had only ever opened stores in

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3488-583: The Lombardy region. In the same year they also closed down their unprofitable Supermarkets Interstate supermarket brand which operated in Treasury discount stores; however, the stores that were not in Treasury locations remained open. In 1978, the J. C. Penney Historic District in Kemmerer, Wyoming, was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark . In 1979, JCPenney stores started accepting Visa cards. MasterCard

3597-634: The Manhattan Mall , which was closed immediately and the Kings Plaza store in Brooklyn, which closed on Sunday, September 27, 2020. On December 17, 2020, JCPenney announced that they would close 15 additional stores in March 2021. As of June 2021, there have been a total of 175 store closures. On December 30, 2020, it was announced that Jill Soltau would step down as CEO of JCPenney, effective December 31, 2020. It

3706-576: The Sun is portrayed as having many deeply dysfunctional qualities while also having very dedicated people on its staff. The season focuses on the role of the media in affecting political decisions in City Hall and the priorities of the Baltimore Police Department . Additionally, the show explores the business pressures of modern media through layoffs and buyouts occurring at the Sun , on the orders of

3815-465: The Sun stop republishing WBFF-TV content and asked management to meet with staff to discuss their concerns. Williams said in a statement he respected the guild's opinion but hoped the union "reciprocally appreciates legitimate managerial prerogatives in the journalistic enterprise". In a subsequent Sun column, Williams wrote the guild and the Associated Press had no inherent authority to prescribe

3924-698: The Times-Mirror Company of the Los Angeles Times . The same week, a 115-year-old rivalry ended when the oldest newspaper in the city, the News American , a Hearst paper since the 1920s with roots dating back to 1773, folded. A decade later in 1997, The Sun acquired the Patuxent Publishing Company , a local suburban newspaper publisher that had a stable of 15 weekly papers and a few magazines in several communities and counties. In

4033-460: The Tribune Company , the Sun ' s corporate owner. One storyline involves a troubled Sun reporter named Scott Templeton , and his escalating tendency to sensationalize and falsify stories. The Wire portrays the managing editors of the Sun as turning a blind eye to the protests of a concerned line editor, in the managing editors' zeal to win a Pulitzer Prize . The show insinuates that

4142-403: The U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local, regional, national, and international news. Founded in 1837, the newspaper was owned by Tribune Publishing until May 2021, when it was acquired by Alden Global Capital , which operates its media properties through Digital First Media . David D. Smith , the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group , closed a deal to buy

4251-612: The 1960s, JCPenney expanded to include Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Stores were opened in Anchorage and Fairbanks , Alaska in 1962, followed by Honolulu , Hawaii in 1966, and Puerto Rico in 1968. The Penney Building in Anchorage partially collapsed and was damaged beyond repair in the 1964 Alaska earthquake . The company rebuilt the store as a shorter building on a larger footprint and followed up by building Anchorage's first public parking garage, which opened in 1968. The Honolulu store

4360-557: The 1960s, the chain began relocating and developing stores to anchor the malls. In recent years, JCP has opened stores in power centers , as well as stand-alone stores, sometimes adjacent to competitors. The company has been an Internet retailer since 1998, and it has streamlined its catalog and distribution while undergoing renovation improvements at store level. After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May 2020, Brookfield Asset Management and Simon Property Group agreed to purchase

4469-525: The 1980s JCPenney's also stopped selling outdoor equipment and hardware such as lawn mowers and tools. Construction on the new company headquarters in Plano, Texas broke ground in 1990 and were completed in 1992. When Sears closed its catalog business in 1993, JCPenney became the largest catalog retailer in the United States. In 1995 the chain expanded to Chile with a store in the capital, Santiago . In 1995,

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4578-461: The 1990s and 2000s, The Sun began cutting back its foreign coverage. In 1995 and 1996, the paper closed its Tokyo , Mexico City and Berlin bureaus. Two more— Beijing and London —fell victim to cost-cutting in 2005. The final three foreign bureaus—Moscow, Jerusalem, and Johannesburg, South Africa—fell a couple of years later. All were closed by 2008, as the Tribune Co. streamlined and downsized

4687-470: The Ambrielle lingerie label, which became its largest private brand launched in the company's history. JCPenney also re-introduced cosmetics with the opening of Sephora " stores-within-a-store " inside some JCPenney locations. Beginning in 2007, JCPenney's store slogan changed from "It's All Inside" to "Every Day Matters." The new slogan and associated ad campaign was launched in television commercials during

4796-550: The Army Corps of Engineers concluded the lake would have a negative environmental impact. The mall was built, but the area does not include the waterfront focal point initially planned. The Owings Mills Metro Subway Station was opened by the Baltimore Metro Subway one year after Owings Mills Mall opened. Shuttle bus service with a 10 minute round trip was provided between the mall and the station. This shuttle bus service

4905-488: The Baltimore Sun Guild, which released a statement expressing concern with the lack of transparency at the paper on the relationship between The Baltimore Sun, Fox45 and other Sinclair newsrooms, and criticizing language used in the station's articles and Williams' editorial articles, particularly toward immigrants and transgender people . In June 2024, longtime managing editor Sam Davis announced he would retire at

5014-470: The Catalog Centers inside the soon-to-be-converted stores permanently closed. Although as a result of the acquisition, Rite Aid now accepts JCPenney credit cards, even at Rite Aid locations that existed before the acquisition of Eckerd. In November 2007, the company launched a new public website, JCPenneyBrands.com, which covers the company's private and exclusive brands and its branding strategy, as well as

5123-498: The Rocky Mountain States. In 1913, all stores were consolidated under the J. C. Penney banner. The so-called "mother store", in Kemmerer, opened as the chain's second location in 1904. In 1913, the company was incorporated under the new name, J. C. Penney Company, with William Henry McManus as a co-founder. In 1914, the headquarters was moved to New York City to simplify buying, financing, and transportation of goods. By 1917,

5232-526: The Simon and Brookfield retail portfolio, therefore superseding and annulling previous agreements for Sephora to leave JCPenney in favor of Kohl's. The company returned to its Plano, Texas, headquarters in July 2023. The reopened headquarters contains over 2,000 workers and occupies three floors. In June 2008, an ad called "Speed Dressing" emerged ending with the JCPenney logo and slogan "Every Day Matters". The ad won

5341-675: The Spring. Fixtures from the mall were auctioned in March 2016. Demolition of the mall started in August 2016, and was completed in March 2017. As of March 2017, the mall was completely demolished, and readied for redevelopment. On December 5, 2017 it was announced that the property would be redeveloped as a lifestyle shopping center called Mill Station. The $ 108 million project will be 575,000 square feet (53,400 m) and anchored by Costco , Lowe's , and Dick's Sporting Goods . There will be at least 30 total tenants. Construction began in early 2018 and

5450-581: The Sunday Sun Magazine in 1996 and now only carries Parade magazine weekly. A quarterly version of the Sun Magazine was resurrected in September 2010, with stories that included a comparison of young local doctors, an interview with actress Julie Bowen and a feature on the homes of a former Baltimore anchorwoman. Newsroom managers plan to add online content on a more frequent basis. The company introduced its website in September 1996. A redesign of

5559-812: The Sunday edition. On April 29, 2009, the Tribune Company announced the lay off of 61 of the 205 staff members in the Sun newsroom. On September 23, 2011, it was reported that the Baltimore Sun would be moving its web edition behind a paywall starting October 10, 2011. The Baltimore Sun is the flagship of the Baltimore Sun Media Group, which also produces the b free daily newspaper and more than 30 other Baltimore metropolitan-area community newspapers, magazines and Web sites. BSMG content reaches more than one million Baltimore-area readers each week and

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5668-753: The acquisition of General Merchandise Company which gave them The Treasury stores. These discount operations proved unsuccessful and were shuttered in 1981. In 1963, J. C. Penney issued its first catalog. The company operated in-store catalog desks in eight states. The catalogs were distributed by the Milwaukee Catalog distribution center. In 1969, the company acquired Thrift Drug , a chain of drugstores headquartered in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania. It also acquired Supermarkets Interstate , an Omaha -based food retailer which operated leased departments in J. C. Penney stores, The Treasury stores, and Thrift Drug stores. In

5777-609: The afternoon edition's circulation was 220,174, compared to 196,675 for the morning edition. However, by the 1980s, cultural, technological and economic shifts in America were eating away at afternoon newspapers' market share, with readers flocking to either morning papers or switching to nightly television news broadcasts. In 1992, the afternoon paper's circulation was 133,800. By mid-1995, The Evening Sun ' s readership—86,360—had been eclipsed by that of The Sun —264,583. The Evening Sun ceased publication on September 15, 1995. After

5886-414: The branding JCPenney Collections , also used by multiple international JCPenney branches across Asia during the decade. This type of JCPenney store only featured fashion for men, women and kids. During its tenure, JCPenney opened two flagship stores: in 1995 on the upper ground level of Lippo Supermal (now Supermal Karawaci), and in 1996 on the upper ground and first level of Mal Taman Anggrek . Aside from

5995-479: The bureau was later moved to Berlin . Eleven months later, The Sun was one of the first U.S. newspapers to open a bureau in Moscow . A Rome office followed in July 1957, and a New Delhi bureau was opened four years later, in 1961 . At its height, The Sun ran eight foreign bureaus, giving rise to its boast in a 1983 advertisement that "The Sun never sets on the world." The paper was sold by Reg Murphy in 1986 to

6104-540: The commercial and also shed the publicity it engendered. Beginning with the Marathon Hats line, JCPenney has introduced multiple private brands, partially in response to suppliers denying access to expected inventories. JCPenney locations that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP): Baltimore Sun The Baltimore Sun is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in

6213-425: The company announced it would cut 360 jobs at its stores and corporate headquarters. The company lowered its earnings forecast for the year to 13 cents per share at best, and said it could lose as much as 7 cents. JCPenney finished the quarter with just $ 181 million in cash, down from $ 363 million a year ago. Much of the big decrease was because of a $ 190 billion debt replace. On May 22, JCPenney announced

6322-493: The company announced that it was moving its headquarters to Plano, Texas . After several years of development, the JCPenney Television Shopping Channel appeared on cable systems beginning in 1989. By the mid-1980s, all JCPenney stores had discontinued sales of firearms. Before this point, JCPenney carried rifles and shotguns branded as JCPenney but produced by numerous established firearms manufacturers. In

6431-903: The company emerges from bankruptcy it is poised to save nearly 60,000 jobs, according to various independent studies. The company was paying $ 2.45 million in monthly rent at the time it sold its headquarters offices in Plano, Texas in 2017; the location was permanently vacated in November 2020. In October 2021, the company opened 10 new shop-in-shop locations across the US, featuring a wide variety of brands, including indie and BIPOC brands, including flagship partner Thirteen Lune . Marc Rosen became CEO in 2021. In April 2022, JCPenney's owners—Simon and Brookfield—offered $ 8.6 billion to purchase Kohl's . Sephora had already announced plans to contract exclusively with Kohl's by 2023, and had piloted Sephora Inside Kohls at select store locations. With this deal, Sephora would remain affiliated with, and under control of,

6540-897: The company for approximately $ 800 million in cash and debt in September 2020. The deal was approved by the U.S. bankruptcy court for the Southern District of Texas two months later. James Cash Penney was born in Hamilton, Missouri . After graduating from high school, Penney worked for a local retailer. He relocated to Colorado at the advice of a doctor, hoping that a better climate would improve his health. In 1898, Penney went to work for Thomas Callahan and Guy Johnson, who owned dry goods stores called Golden Rule stores in Colorado and Wyoming. In 1899, Callahan sent Penney to Evanston, Wyoming , to work with Johnson in another Golden Rule store. Callahan and Johnson asked Penney to join them in opening

6649-526: The company on retail. In 2003, the company opened three stores in strip centers in Texas , Minnesota and Indiana . The new one-level, 94,000 sq ft (8,700 m ) format stores focus on convenience with wider aisles and centralized checkouts. In 2004, the company added 14 more stores and exited the drug store division after 35 years, with the sale of its Eckerd division. The company also sold its six Mexico stores to Grupo Carso , which rebranded five of

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6758-580: The company operated 175 stores in 22 states in the United States. J. C. Penney acquired The Crescent Corset Company in 1920, the company's first wholly owned subsidiary. In 1922, the company's oldest active private brand, Big Mac work clothes, was launched. The company opened its 500th store in 1924 in Hamilton, Missouri, James Cash Penney's hometown. By the opening of the 1,000th store in 1928, gross business had reached $ 190 million (equivalent to $ 3.37 billion in 2024). In 1940, Sam Walton began working at

6867-656: The conservative news wire The Center Square , columns written by Smith's daughter, and features on new restaurants opened by Atlas Restaurant Group, which is owned by Smith's nephew. Williams said the paper's editorial page would cease endorsing political candidates and start including more conservative viewpoints, but not at the expense of liberal ones. He said at the time that the newspaper may run his syndicated column "on its merits." The paper's opinion page now regularly publishes Wiliiams' columns and video commentaries. In June 2024, The Sun began republishing content from channel 45's website, provoking protests from staffers and

6976-436: The country. Seattle's Best Coffee is still expanding café locations within JCPenney locations across the country. In 2010, Vornado Realty Trust acquired a 9.9% stake in JCPenney but sold it in 2013 for $ 13.00 per share. On January 24, 2011, JCPenney shut down its catalog business and 19 outlet stores. Seven additional stores and two call centers also closed. On February 12, 2011, The New York Times revealed that JCPenney

7085-543: The drug store business was expanded with the acquisition of Kerr Drug and again in 1996 with the purchase of Fay's Drug . Then in November 1996 they acquired the Eckerd chain. Fay's, Kerr, and Eckerd merged into J. C. Penney's drug store subsidiary Thrift Drug. Fay's, most Kerr, and Thrift drug stores were re-branded Eckerd in 1997. (Kerr Drug stores in The Carolinas remained branded as such because they were part of

7194-542: The end of the month. Opinion editor Tricia Bishop, who has worked for the newspaper since 1999, would succeed him, with Smith staying on for a few months as a consultant for The Sun ' s owners. On June 10, 2024, the Baltimore Sun Guild raised concern with what it said were ethical breaches committed by management since the takeover, including the use of Fox 45's content and Williams columns that did not meet Sun editorial standards. This included language used to describe immigrants and transgender people. The guild demanded

7303-512: The following business day. On March 18, JCPenney announced all retail stores would temporarily close in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic until April 2. On March 31, JCPenney announced an extension of the planned April 2 reopening, with a new date not possible to be determined at the time. On May 1, JCPenney announced a limited number of stores would reopen. On May 15, 2020, JCPenney filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced that there would be an additional 242 store closings, blaming

7412-551: The former Hecht's building, and Boscov's moved in to the original Macy's building. However, Boscov's announced in 2008 that this location would close as part of a plan to close 10 locations due to the company filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. This left JCPenney and Macy's as the remaining anchors. An October 2010 story on the mall in the Baltimore Sun stated that the mall was 22.6% vacant. WBAL-TV reported on November 10, 2011, that Owings Mills Mall would be demolished in 2013, with

7521-467: The fourth major national retailer to file for bankruptcy in May 2020. Days earlier, it was reported in a regulatory filing that JCPenney would give bonuses totaling nearly $ 10 million to the company's senior managers, which included $ 4.5 million to CEO Jill Soltau . After 91 years, it was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange on May 18, 2020, and started trading over-the-counter

7630-650: The free daily The Baltimore Examiner , along with a similar Washington, D.C. –based publication of a small chain recently started by new owners that took over the San Francisco Examiner . In 2000, the Times-Mirror company was purchased by the Tribune Company of Chicago. In 2014, it transferred its newspapers, including The Sun , to Tribune Publishing . The Sun introduced a new layout design in September 2005, and again in August 2008. By 2010 daily circulation as of 2010 had fallen to 195,561 and 343,552 for

7739-431: The local Black and Garrett families invested in the paper at the suggestion of former rival owner/publisher of The News , Charles H. Grasty , and they, along with Grasty gained a controlling interest ; they retained the name A. S. Abell Company for the parent publishing company. That same year The Evening Sun was established under reporter, editor and columnist H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). From 1947 to 1986, The Sun

7848-531: The major characters. It shows Templeton at Columbia University with the senior editors of the fictional Sun , accepting the Pulitzer Prize, with no mention being made as to the aftermath of Templeton's career. Alma Gutierrez is shown being exiled to the Carroll County bureau past the suburbs. In September 2008, The Baltimore Sun became the newspaper partner of station WJZ-TV , owned and operated by CBS ;

7957-459: The mall 95% leased and 80% of stores open. The area was identified as a primary growth center in 1979 by Baltimore County and originally intended to be built around a lake. The Rouse Company planned to develop the mall and surrounding area similar to its town center project in Columbia, Maryland . Environmental regulations changed during the time between the development of Columbia and Owings Mills and

8066-779: The mall that same month (having to close down for a period of time due to damage caused by arson in other sections of the mall). Currently, the previous stores are occupied by H&M at Supermal Karawaci and Matahari Department Store at Mal Taman Anggrek respectively. JCPenney left Chile in 1999, after five years in the country it closed down its home store and sold its main store in Santiago to Almacenes Paris . The stores were closed due to low profitability and high expenses. In early 2001, JCPenney closed 44 under-performing stores. In 2001, JCPenney sold its direct-marketing insurance unit to Dutch insurer Aegon for $ 1.3 billion (equivalent to $ 2.24 billion in 2024) in cash to help refocus

8175-587: The months since Smith's purchase, he has continued to tell journalists that he doesn't read stories published in their paper beyond just the headline, and has neither pitched specific stories nor openly criticized the paper's coverage of stories. Since Smith's acquisition of The Baltimore Sun , the paper has become more conservative, and has published more stories on Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott and his administration, as well as crime in Baltimore. The paper has also republished content from WBFF , also owned by Smith,

8284-422: The most popular are Dining@Large, which covers local restaurants; The Schmuck Stops Here, a Baltimore-centric sports blog written by Peter Schmuck; Z on TV, by media critic David Zurawik ; and Midnight Sun, a nightlife blog. A Baltimore Sun iPhone app was released on September 14, 2010. In 2008, the Baltimore Sun Media Group launched the daily paper b to target younger and more casual readers, ages 18 to 35. It

8393-408: The motivation for this institutional dysfunction is the business pressures of modern media, and working for a flagship newspaper in a major media market like The New York Times or The Washington Post is seen as the only way to avoid the cutbacks occurring at the Sun . Season 5 was The Wire ' s last. The finale episode, " -30- ", features a montage at the end portraying the ultimate fate of

8502-494: The newspaper chain's foreign reporting. Some material from The Sun ' s foreign correspondents is archived at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County . In the 21st century, The Sun , like most legacy newspapers in the United States, has suffered a number of setbacks in the competition with Internet and other sources, including a decline in readership and ads, a shrinking newsroom staff, and competition from 2005-2007 with

8611-642: The newsroom to the Bagby Building at 509 S. Exeter St. in Little Italy, farther away from city offices and courts. Business and advertising staffers would move to the new office over the next year. The Baltimore Sun was featured in the American crime drama television series The Wire in 2008 ( season 5 ), which was created by former Sun reporter David Simon . Like all of the institutions featured in The Wire ,

8720-467: The newsroom, he sparred with reporters and said the paper should emulate WBFF's news philosophy, including through non-scientific reader polls and aggressive coverage of Baltimore City Public Schools . He dismissed newsroom concerns about the future of public service journalism. Current and recently departed Baltimore Sun reporters told the Neiman Foundation for Journalism in November 2024 that in

8829-452: The nonprofit outlet. In February 2022, the editorial board of The Sun published a lengthy apology for its racism over its 185–year history, including specific offenses such as accepting classified ads for selling enslaved people and publishing editorials that promoted racial segregation and disenfranchisement of Black voters. In January 2024, David D. Smith , executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, reached an agreement to acquire

8938-594: The paper on January 15, 2024. The Sun was founded on May 17, 1837, by Arunah Shepherdson Abell and two associates, William Moseley Swain from Rhode Island , and Azariah H. Simmons from Philadelphia , where they had started and published the Public Ledger the year before. Abell became a journalist with the Providence Patriot and later worked with newspapers in New York City and Boston . The Abell family and descendants owned The Sun until 1910, when

9047-500: The paper, with conservative commentator Armstrong Williams holding an undisclosed stake. Though the transaction was independent of Sinclair, Smith said he foresaw partnerships between the paper and Sinclair properties like its flagship station , Fox affiliate WBFF-TV (channel 45). Smith said he believed he could grow subscriptions and advertising through a greater focus on community news and integrating technology in ways other print media publishers are not going. In his first visit to

9156-561: The resignation of their CEO, Marvin Ellison. On October 2, JCPenney announced former Jo-Ann Stores CEO Jill Soltau as their CEO, effective October 15. With the announcement, JCPenney's shares rose 9%. The company ranked 235 on the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by revenue. She has also brought new talent and has cleaned out inventory. On December 26, the stock price of JCPenney (NYSE: JCP) fell below $ 1 per share. This

9265-449: The site was unveiled in June 2009, capping a six-month period of record online traffic. Each month from January through June, an average of 3.5 million unique visitors combined to view 36.6 million web pages. Sun reporters and editors produce more than three dozen blogs on such subjects as technology, weather, education, politics, Baltimore crime, real estate, gardening, pets and parenting. Among

9374-491: The stock market, issuing 84 million shares amid declining margins and a return to promotional pricing strategies. In January 2015, it was announced that JCPenney would close 39 under-performing stores nationwide and lay off 2,250 employees. That same year, the company announced that it was liquidating its The Foundry Big & Tall Supply Co. chain of standalone clothing stores. In January 2016, JCPenney announced plans to relaunch its business of selling major appliances to target

9483-502: The stores as Dorian's and the other one as Sears Mexico . In 2005, JCPenney's e-commerce storefront exceeded the one billion dollar revenue mark for the first time. At the same time in June, the company would sell off its shares of Lojas Renner, the Brazilian-based retailer, generating $ 260 million from the sale as it discontinued its operations with Renner and its Latin American footholds as well. In 2007, JCPenney launched

9592-462: The two locations was improved. The ease of public transportation allowed visitors from inner city urban areas to get to and from this mall much more easily than other suburban malls in the Baltimore metropolitan area . The mall was quite popular throughout the mid-late eighties and well into the '90s. Exclusive and upscale stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Williams Sonoma, and Benetton were tenants. As

9701-728: The two, JCPenney also opened smaller stores under the JCPenney Collections name in a few malls such as Plaza Blok M . All stores of JCPenney Collections in Indonesia started planning to close down due to 1997 Asian financial crisis – with the JCPenney Collections store in Taman Anggrek closed in December 1997, and the May 1998 riots – with the Lippo Supermal store looted by mass and also exiting

9810-486: The way in which language is used. Despite this, the wording used to describe immigrants in one republished Fox 45 story was eventually changed. On October 28, 2024, the newspaper eliminated its features desk and reassigned its three reporters to news departments. The guild said in a statement that it would be the first time since 1888 that the paper would be without coverage of the city's cultural life. From 1910 to 1995 there were two distinct newspapers, The Sun , which

9919-501: Was accepted the following year. In 1980, the company closed the unprofitable Treasury discount stores to focus resources on its core retail stores. In 1983, JCPenney discontinued its appliance, hardware, outdoor equipment, and auto center departments, and also sold its automotive centers to Firestone. Also in 1983, it began selling goods online through the Viewtron videotex service. That same year, fashion designer Roy Halston , signed

10028-494: Was announced that 21 stores, including the "Mother Store" in Kemmerer, Wyoming , would be auctioned off as part of the proceedings. On September 9, 2020, Brookfield Property Partners and Simon Property Group agreed to purchase JCPenney for about $ 800 million, including $ 300 million in cash and assuming $ 500 million of debt, which was later approved by the court on November 10, 2020. It had been established that once

10137-694: Was completed in early 2019. Costco however, opened in October 2018. The existing 17-screen AMC Theatres , originally a General Cinema opened in 1998, was also fully remodeled. Owings Mills Restaurant Park opened next to the mall in 1998; it is a collection of five sit-down restaurants such as Red Lobster and the Olive Garden . A mixed-use, transit-oriented development first called Owings Mills Metro Centre (now Metro Centre at Owings Mills ), exists alongside Mill Station. JCPenney Penney OpCo LLC , doing business as JCPenney and often abbreviated JCP ,

10246-412: Was dedicated at Greater Chicago's Woodfield Mall in 1971. The Woodfield Mall store served as the largest in the chain until a replacement store opened at Plaza Las Américas in 1998, which is 350,000 square feet (33,000 m ) in size. On February 12, 1971, James Cash Penney died at the age of 95; the company's stores were closed the morning of his funeral on February 16. That year, the company adopted

10355-583: Was demolished in 2004. The mall experienced the closures of several national stores, leaving many vacancies in this once upscale shopping mall. The mall was announced as early as 1981, with vague plans that compared it to the White Marsh Mall in size. By late 1983, a summer 1986 opening had been announced as well as the fact that the mall was to feature 3 department store anchors with plans for two more. Anchors Saks Fifth Avenue, Bambergers, and Hecht's were announced in 1984. The mall opened on July 28, 1986 with

10464-496: Was discontinued in June 1992, leaving a less frequent bus service that provided this link only every 30 to 60 minutes. Alternatively, a one mile walk was possible between the mall and the Metro station which ran alongside an unused auxiliary parking lot of the mall, then down a hill through grass and vegetation on a winding asphalt pathway, before reaching one of the Metro parking lots. At 2:18 PM on September 25, 1992, Christina Marie Brown

10573-470: Was found dead from a gunshot wound to the back of the head along the vegetation lined portion of the path between the mall and the Metro station. She was found ten minutes after leaving work as an employee of a cleaning company under contract to Saks Fifth Avenue at the mall, and was believed to have been traveling to the Metro station, en route to her home in Baltimore City. Brown was shot after she resisted

10682-520: Was in tabloid format, with large graphics, creative design, and humor in focusing on entertainment, news, and sports. Its companion website was bthesite.com. The paper transitioned from daily to weekly publication in 2011. b ceased publication entirely in August 2015, more than a year after the Baltimore Sun Media Group acquired City Paper . The Baltimore Sun has won 16  Pulitzer Prizes . It also has been home to many notable journalists, reporters and essayists, including H.L. Mencken , who had

10791-466: Was located at Ala Moana Center , and closed in 2003, along with all remaining locations in the state, making Hawaii the only U.S. state to not currently have a JCPenney store. The Penney store at Plaza Las Américas mall in San Juan, Puerto Rico , which opened in 1968, featured three levels and 261,500 square feet (24,290 m ). It was the largest JCPenney until a 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m ) store

10900-596: Was located at Black Horse Pike Center in Audubon, New Jersey . The second full-line shopping center store was dedicated, at King of Prussia Plaza in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania in late 1962. Those stores expanded the lines of merchandise and services that an average J. C. Penney carried to include appliances, sporting goods, tools, garden\lawn merchandise, restaurants, beauty salons, portrait studios, auto parts, and auto centers. In 1962, J. C. Penney entered discount merchandising with

11009-519: Was paired with news that the retailer had suffered a 4% decline in same-store sales during the 2018 holiday quarter. On March 26, JCPenney announced the hiring of Bill Wofford as chief financial officer. Wofford came to the company from The Vitamin Shoppe , where he had served as CFO since June 2018. On May 21, JCPenney announced that Shawn Gensch would be the chief customer officer , to take effect on June 3. Gensch comes from Sprouts Farmers Market where he

11118-458: Was printed for the last time at its Sun Park facility. It was reported that The Sun's printing operations would be moved to a printing facility in Wilmington, Delaware . In December 2022, the Sun announced an agreement to move its offices to 200 St. Paul Place in downtown Baltimore, abandoning Sun Park altogether. After The Sun ' s purchase in 2024, its new owners signaled plans to move

11227-482: Was published in the morning, and The Evening Sun , which was published in the afternoon. Each newspaper maintained separate reporting and editorial staff. The Evening Sun was first published in 1910 under the leadership of Charles H. Grasty , former owner of the Evening News , and a firm believer in the evening circulation. For most of its existence, The Evening Sun led its morning sibling in circulation. In 1959,

11336-813: Was sold to where the current Toyota North America headquarters is now located. In February, JCPenney announced that it would shutter two distribution centers and up to 140 under-performing stores as it wrestled with disappointing sales. The company also planned to offer buyouts to roughly 6,000 employees. On March 17, JCPenney released a list of 138 locations that would close by the end of June. By closing stores and distribution facilities, JCPenney would redirect resources to help expand its store-in-store Sephora boutiques, and add Nike and Adidas boutiques, similar to what Macy's has done with Finish Line , Lids and LensCrafters . In an effort to capitalize on self-deprecating humor and improve its reputation, JCPenney collaborated with Nicole Richie and other designers to open

11445-423: Was the final blow to Owings Mills Mall upscale status. The Rouse Company purchased Towson Town Center in 1998. The Rouse Company and General Growth Properties have continued to promote Towson Town Center and The Mall in Columbia as premier malls, while leaving Owings Mills Mall stuck in the middle. An expansion in 1998 added Sears and Lord & Taylor, but they closed in 2001 and 2002, respectively. Stix n' Stuff,

11554-698: Was the first time shares fell below $ 1 ever in the 110-year history of the company, which started trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 1929. The stock fell 68% over the course of 2018, including a 30% drop in December 2018 alone. On February 6, 2019, JCPenney said it would stop selling major appliances on February 28, and that furniture would be limited to online and stores in Puerto Rico. On February 28, JCPenney announced its intent to close 27 stores in 2019, including 18 full-line department stores and nine home-and-furniture stores. The closure announcement

11663-831: Was the owner and founder of Maryland's first television station, WMAR-TV (channel 2), which was a longtime affiliate of CBS until 1981, when it switched to NBC . The station was sold off in 1986, and is now owned by the E. W. Scripps Company , and has been an ABC affiliate since 1995. A. S. Abell also owned several radio stations, but not in Baltimore itself (holding construction permits for WMAR sister AM/FM stations, but never bringing them to air). The newspaper opened its first foreign bureau in London in 1924. Between 1955 and 1961, it added four new foreign offices. As Cold War tensions grew, it set up shop in Bonn , West Germany , in February 1955;

11772-413: Was their CCO. Also on May 21, JCPenney announced a net sales decline of 5.6% and a net loss of $ 154 million for its fiscal first quarter of 2019, which ended on May 5. On January 19, 2020, JCPenney announced plans to close six stores. On March 15, 2020, when businesses were ordered to temporarily close in many states, the chain closed all of its stores and furloughed its employees. JCPenney became

11881-428: Was using " spamdexing " techniques to manipulate Google search rankings. Google reduced the company's visibility, and JCPenney fired its search engine consultant. In June 2011, Ron Johnson , former head of Apple's retail division, became JCPenney's CEO. That same year, the company sold its 15 remaining catalog outlets to SB Capital Group, converting them into JC's 5 Star Outlets. In December 2011, JCPenney purchased

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