Unfortunately this trend with department store retail has been going on for awhile. The mall era of the late seventies and eighties is slowly coming to an end. It sure won't help Trumps promise for more jobs.

So sad that JC Penney(along with Kmart and Sears) are dying. It's been a year since the Morristown,TN Penney store closed, which was replaced by D–k's Sporting Goods. But, on the flip side, this is probably move to keep them in the black and move... — read more