NEW YORK — Men’s Wearhouse’s is struggling as it tries to figure out the best strategy for its business since buying rival Jos. A. Bank. The men’s clothing retailer reported Wednesday that sales at Jos. A Bank locations open at ...

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NEW YORK — J.C. Penney’s biggest investor, William Ackman, plans to sell his entire stake in the struggling department store operator for about $504.4 million — a loss of around $470 million from what he paid for it. The move ...

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PLANO, Texas — Struggling retailer J.C. Penney is adopting a plan to prevent a takeover attempt just two days after reporting its sixth straight quarter of big losses and steep revenue declines. It’s the second time in recent years that ...

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NEW YORK — The worse may be over at J.C. Penney Co. The beleaguered department store chain on Tuesday reported its sixth straight quarter of big losses and steep revenue drops as it continued to face challenges related to a ...

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NEW YORK — The battle over J.C. Penney’s future just got uglier. Activist investor Bill Ackman said Friday he has lost confidence in J.C. Penney’s board and its chairman should be replaced. The statement adds more fuel to an unusually ...

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NEW YORK — J.C. Penney’ s shares plunged Wednesday after a report that CIT, the largest lender in the clothing industry, has stopped providing financial support to small and large suppliers selling to Penney stores. According to the New York ...

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NEW YORK — J.C. Penney, which is struggling with big losses and steep sales declines, could face another challenge: empty shelves. New York State Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey Oing told Penney’s attorneys on Monday that the chain took a risk by ...

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NEW YORK — J.C. Penney is the biggest loser. Shares of J.C. Penney Co. plunged nearly 16 percent on Thursday, the biggest loser on the Standard &Poor’s 500 index for most of the day. The drop comes a day after ...

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NEW YORK — Shoppers showed some spending muscle in July, once summer clearance sales and the hottest July in 50 years got them in the mood. Solid sales reports from retailers Thursday took some of the sting out of weak ...

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NEW YORK — J.C. Penney is changing its pricing — again. Just six months after the mid-priced department store chain got rid of the hundreds of sales it offered each year in favor of everyday lower pricing, it is reversing ...

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