Saturday, November 10, 2012

JCP heads to NYC with Manhattan store - Dallas Business Journal:

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The Plano-based affordable retailer saidthe 153,000-square-foo t store will be located at 33rd Street and Sixth Avenur in the heart of New York It is scheduled to open on July 31. Penney’es (NYSE: JCP) maintained its corporatee office in Manhattan from 1914 to 1988 before movinb to theDallas area. The retailer also has New York City storedin Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. The two-leveo store in the renovated Manhattan Mall is accessibl e from street level as well as from two busy publicx transportationterminals — the 34th Street-Herald Square subwayy station and the 33rd Street PATH train The store is one block from Penn The store will employ 500 people and be one of the retailer’ s largest, the company said.
Penney’s said the store also will be geareds toward commuters ina hurry. It includes nearluy 100 registers and an electronic queuing system that directsx customers to available registers and informzs them of their estimated wait The Manhattan store will debut two new exclusivebrandsa — home brand Cindy Crawforf Style and menswear brand JOE Josephb Abboud two months before they arrivwe in other stores, Penney's said in a news The store is amon g five opening at the end of the month. Otherx will open in Fairview, Texas; Hiram, Ga.; Lee’x Summit, Mo.; and Pleasang Prairie, Wis.

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