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Colleen Corby (born August 3, 1947) is an American retired model. She is best known for her work as a teen in the 1960s, as well as for her modeling work in department store catalogs from the 1960s and 1970s, including those of Sears, JC Penney, Montgomery Ward, and others.
However, the recessions of the 1970s and early 1980s were too much to bear for J.C. Penney, and the discount division started losing money. The Treasury stores were eventually closed in 1981. [ 2 ] However, the mail order business, which was the main reason for J.C. Penney's acquisition of Treasure Island, remains a thriving, multibillion ...
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Neal Hamberg/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesIn this 2004 photo, a customer looks through "The Big Book" catalog at a JCPenney store. By Rama Venkat Raman Department-store operator J.C. Penney (JCP) is ...
The JCPenney mother store in Kemmerer, Wyoming. In 1898, Penney began working for a small chain of stores in the Western United States, called the Golden Rule stores.In 1902, owners Guy Johnson and Thomas Callahan, impressed by his work ethic and salesmanship, offered him a one-third partnership in a new store he would open.
In a move that seems to run counter to the digital age we live in, J.C. Penney (JCP) is bringing back its paper catalog next month. Formerly known as "The Big J.C. Penney Has Big Hopes for the ...
Fashion Fair is an enclosed regional shopping mall in Fresno, California, United States, anchored by two Macy's stores, JCPenney, and Forever 21 (closing 2025). Originally opened in 1970, Fashion Fair was expanded in 1983 (to accommodate Macy's and a new food court) and in 2005 (with the addition of an outdoor lifestyle wing).
The late 1970s witnessed the advent of personal electronics that changed entertainment forever. The Sony Walkman TPS-L2, introduced in 1979, is a notable example. Now, it’s fetching upwards of ...