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'Dowdy' JCPenney Tries to Take Manhattan

Penney's Brings Size 16 Back to NYC

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 12, 2009 1:21 PM CDT

(Newser) – JCPenney recently invaded Manhattan, “and the most frequent question on New York’s collective lips seems to be: Why?” writes Cintra Wilson in the Times. “Why would this dowdy Middle American entity waddle into Midtown in its big old shorts and flip-flops without...   Read full story »

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