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  • May 2008

    • Serial Thieves Swipe $2.5M in JCPenney Gold

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 14, 08 11:17 AM CDT

      Serial Thieves Swipe $2.5M in JCPenney Gold

      (Newser) - California police are hunting a gang of gold thieves raiding JCPenney stores across the state, the Los Angeles Times reports. The gang has struck 11 times in 18 months to grab $2.5 million in jewelry, and they've been getting busier as the price of gold continues to climb. Cops aren't sure why the brazen thieves keep hitting JCPenney stores but suspect one of the culprits is an insider. More »

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      California  • theft  • gold  • jewelry  • JCPenney  • gold prices  • thief

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • 'Retail Renting' or Stealing? Stores Crack Down

      Boston Globe  |  Feb 22, 08 5:42 PM CST

      'Retail Renting' or Stealing? Stores Crack Down

      (Newser) - It’s called “wardrobing” or “retail renting,” when a consumer buys, uses, and then returns merchandise, and the National Retail Federation says it’s growing more popular with shoppers, the Boston Globe reports. It's also becoming a bigger headache for merchants as the economy tightens and businesses work harder to keep customers. The NRF reports a 10% growth in the practice in 2007. More »

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      US economy  • retail sales  • Best Buy  • JCPenney  • shoppers  • wardrobe

  • January 2008
  • November 2007

    • Retail Leads Black Friday Rally

      Bloomberg  |  Nov 23, 07 2:34 PM CST

      Retail Leads Black Friday Rally

      (Newser) - Stocks rose in an abbreviated session today, cutting losses for the week as early-bird Christmas shopping gave reason for optimism. "The fact that Black Friday is not a disaster and is off to a modest but healthy start is just a relief,'' one analyst told Bloomberg. The Dow closed up 181.84 at 12,980.88, the Nasdaq up 34.45 at 2,596.60, and the S&P 500 at 1,440.70, up 23.93. More »

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      stock market  • Dow Jones  • Wal-Mart  • holiday shopping  • NASDAQ  • Target  • JCPenney  • Standard and Poor  • Black Friday

    • Black Friday Getting Longer

      Associated Press  |  Nov 22, 07 8:08 PM CST

      Black Friday Getting Longer

      (Newser) - Stores will open earlier than ever on Black Friday, with midnight openings becoming more common, the AP reports. Wal-Mart, in fact, began its sales today. "You sell two sweaters and you've broken even,” said one analyst. But Gap chief Glenn Murphy will be out with the hordes, then crunching numbers. “There is a point from an industry perspective where you get diminishing returns.” More »

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      US economy  • business  • shopping  • JCPenney  • chain stores  • The Gap  • department stores

  • April 2007

    • JCPenney Dominates Online

      BusinessWeek  |  Apr 30, 07 12:04 PM CDT

      JCPenney Dominates Online

      (Newser) - The identity of one of the web's largest and most successful retailers may come as a surprise. It's JCPenney, Business Week reports, and it attracted 926,000 paying customers to its website in the first quarter—a number that ranks the 105-year-old company with web giants like eBay, Amazon, and Ticketmaster. More »

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      Internet  • retail  • consumer  • shopping  • online retailers  • JCPenney

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