Topic: J.C. Penney Co. Inc.

JCPenney is Losing its Shirt

-- Literally -- Today JCPenney announced the largest private brand launch in the company's history, a 2007 release of a private label Lingerie line called Ambrielle. Capitalizing on what many say is an underserved market, ...READ»

Best Commercials of Oscar Night

Best ads by far: I award five stars to GM's OnStar commercials with The Beatles' "Long and Winding Road" in the background. They were classy and subtle, while striking an emotional connection with the customer. And J.C. Penney's ...READ»

Design's Boom-and-Bust Cycle: Ten Years In, Ten to Go

The topic of design has generated a lot of buzz lately--so much, in fact, that some suggest that the renewed interest in all things creative is a passing fad. Not exactly. If we let history be our guide, we'll see that there's a ...READ»

• Ten Things to Demand From Design Thinkers

Rest in Peace

Ray Jordan, an innovator at J.C. Penney, died earlier this week at the age of 98. Having worked his way up through the ranks to the position of executive vice president -- once spending nights in an Oklahoma store armed with a ...READ»

Clothes Minded

When I was in Cub Scouts, my den had a favorite skit. It entailed a series of boys parading across the campfire area, each complimented in turn on an item of their clothing. "I like your hat; where'd you get it?" "J.C. Penney." "I ...READ»

Liz Claiborne Downshifts From Macy's to Penney's Brand

Liz Claiborne is leaving its longtime partner, Macy's, for an exclusive partnership with J.C. Penney Co., the women's apparel company announced today. The clothing line, like a lot of other labels in the sector, is struggling. The ...READ»

The Life After T-Shirt Experience

Ahhh, that time of life when you've got to begin paying (really) for your clothes yourself, and when those four years of college food impact whether you'll really ever wear low-rise jeans again! As this NY Times Articlestates, ...READ»

What Would Warhol Do?

In the future, everyone will be a retailer for 15 minutes. Andy Warhol never said that. But he did say this: "The people who have the best fame are those who have their names on stores. The people with very big stores named after them ...READ»

Why Fast Is in Retail Fashion

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the hamburger, depending on whom you believe. An invention that mirrored a major shift in human behavior, the humble burger has come to symbolize our preference for a faster retail ...READ»

The Marketing Power of Treadmills

You read that right. Rock band OK Go breathed new life into their year-old record mostly on the success of their homemade videos. The video of the quartet dancing on treadmills has garnered them a new flurry of press and appearances ...READ»

What’s in Store at the Mall?

"Rolling out identical retail formats is history," says Richard Watson in Retail Therapy. Federated's recent acquisition of May Company will help prove Watson right. Real estate developers are excited by the fact that 68 of the ...READ»

Change Agent - Issue 46

"The new culture of criticism is hurting you and your company."READ»

Federated Sells Lord & Taylor to NRDC

This Tuesday Federated Department Stores closed the deal to sell all 48 of its Lord & Taylor department stores to NRDC Equity Partners for $1.083 billion. This news follows Federated’s September takeover of all Marshall Fields ...READ»

I Just IM'd to Say "I Love You"

American Greetings, the 101-year-old cardmaker, uses social-networking widgets and instant messaging to reach the younger audience it desperately needs. READ»

• Google's Surfing Safari
• When The Giving Gets Tough

Which Price is Right?

It is an urgent question: How can we increase profits if we can't raise prices? The answer demands revolutionary thinking -- new insights about strategy and human behavior, turbocharged with software, mathematics, and rapid-fire experimentation. Is your company ready to master the new era of pricing? Are you prepared to pay the price of failure?READ»

Anything but a Luddite: Conversation With a Fibers Designer

From clothes to curtains to carpet to couches to chairs to car seats, fibers are ubiquitous part of design. What you may not know is that fibers are also responsible for the first programmable computer.READ»

• Paula Wallace's Design (Education) Is Changing blog

Chairman Mao Stares at a Wal-Mart

If you tuned into CNBC last night for the first time since, oh, March of 2000, you were in for some pretty compelling television. Although "The Age of Wal-Mart: Inside America's Most Powerful Company" rehashed much of the continuing ...READ»

25 Top Women Business Builders

Meet the winners of our first-ever awards for women business owners. They're a dynamic, inspiring group -- with lots to teach us all.READ»

Diversity and the Retail Sector

As an early adopter with regard to formal corporate diversity initiatives, the retail sector used to be considered a high profile innovator and driver of diversity recruitment programs, while supporting the needs of a diverse employee-base. But does that remain the case today? Did the retail sector rest on their laurels following early diversity "wins", only to become less proactive in advocating and innovating in the diversity arena? READ»

Surf the Web for a Change

It's never been easier to make a difference on behalf of an issue you care about. You can use the Web to browse for a good cause, to donate money for good works, or to serve as a virtual volunteer. Social change is just a click away.READ»

Working, Naturally

The news came as a shock to the people of Patagonia: Despite the company's commitment to the environment, its own operations were at odds with nature. What happened next was only natural.READ»

NCR's Speed Demons

How does a slow-moving company get faster? It buys a young, fast-moving company and lets their executives pick up the pace.READ»

Innovation Now!

Conventional wisdom says to get back to basics.

Conventional wisdom says to cut costs.

Conventional wisdom is doomed.

The winners are the innovators who are making bold thinking an everyday part of doing business.READ»

Building the New Economy

The new world of business is under construction -- and DPR Construction Inc. is building it. This company "Exists to Build Great Things." That means building things faster, smarter, and better than the competition. Does DPR deliver? Just ask its clients.READ»

Girl Power

No rich relatives? No professional mentors? No problem. Ashley Qualls, 17, has built a million-dollar web site. She's LOL all the way to the bank. :)READ»