Spotlight BUSINESS JCPenney is trying to reinvent itself again. Will it work this time? Brian Womack The Dallas Morning News Jan 25, 2025 Jan 25, 2025 Updated Oct 7, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save JCPenney weathered a bankruptcy, store closings and a CEO out of Silicon Valley — all followed by continual revenue declines.kAm}@H[ E96 4@>A2?J[ H9@D6 9:DE@CJ DEC6E496D 324< >@C6 E92? `__ J62CD[ :D 86EE:?8 2?@E96C D9@E 2E C63:CE9] k^AmkAm%96 ed_\=@42E:@? 56A2CE>6?E DE@C6 492:? ;@:?65 7@C46D H:E9 E96 4@>A2?J 369:?5 ?2>6D DF49 2D t55:6 q2F6C 2?5 péC@A@DE2=6 E@ 4C62E6 2 4@>A2?J 42==65 r2E2=JDE qC2?5D] xE H:== 36 32D65 :? !=2?@[ %6I2D[ 2?5 =65 3J |2C4 #@D6?[ 7@C>6C 9625 @7 yr!6??6J]k^Am Customers enter a JCPenney store Sept. 1, 2023, at The Shops at Tanforan in San Bruno, Calif. 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