JC Penney Comes to New York City
August 1, 2009 by Tracy Hopkins
Filed under Shopping
I like being on the front line of any fashion or retail event. Yesterday, I braved the crowds at the grand opening of the only JC Penney store in Manhattan. Any place else in the U.S. a JC Penney opening would not inspire chaos, but when department stores that suburbanites take for granted open in New York City, shoppers go crazy.
As soon as I entered the Manhattan Mall, where the compressed department store takes up the bottom two levels, I was annoyed. A security guard saw me take a snapshot of the huge JC Penny sign in the entry way and said, …read more
