<p>I was at JCP yesterday to buy soda stream flavors. The store now has what we call in the retail world toppers, that say $30 and under, 30 and up. It is all price point like Wal Mart.</p>
<p>The receipt no longer has the 15% off your next purchase on the back if you go on the net and do the survey.</p>
<p>I have mixed feelings about this.</p>
<p>On one side it goes back to what it was like 20 yrs ago. A 1 Day Sale was a true blow out sale, and happened about 2X a yr. Black Friday was big because it was that 1 Day.</p>
<p>I am guessing come T-Day they will do that sale, but it will be Friday only, not every day from Friday until mid-January.</p>
<p>On the other side, it creates an image problem on par with Target and WalMart. There is an identity problem as what is considered an Anchor store for most malls. That also does not include the fact that Target and WalMart have super stores, including groceries.</p>
<p>I think the ad/commercial program was poor. Too many people were left wondering what does this mean?</p>
<p>As I stated I went in for sodastream. Macy’s also carries it, and so does Bed Bath and Beyond. The price is set, just like a Dooney purse. I bought it at JCP because I had one of those 15% off coupons, plus it was Bullet’s birthday so they gave a $15 dollar reward points. I saved a lot of money. Next time I have to get new anything for soda stream, I will go to Macy’s or BBB and use their discount. This program just lost money from me.</p>
<p>Darn you JCP - you’ve gone and done something laudable by standing up to criticism for hiring Ellen DeGeneres. Now I’m just going to have to do some shopping there.</p>
<p>Very interesting! I drink about one diet soda per day, which I know is a bad habit and expensive. Wonder if this stuff is healthier? I know it’s cheaper!</p>
<p>Diet soda is less healthy than regular soda - the imitation sugars used in diet sodas are dangerous to the body, and for those who drink a few sodas a day, this can become a serious nutritional problem. Not that I’m saying drinking any kind of soda often is a good choice. We have a sales rep come into my store to sell that Soda Stream machine.</p>
<p>I loved when my department store goes from a $19.99 sale to a 50% off sale (which comes to $20.00 for the same item). They just change the signs to make it look like a new sale when the price difference is only $0.01. Or when they have the same “biggest sale of the year!” every month. </p>
<p>My mom has the habit of marking out or cutting off prices on tags when she buys gifts for people. I don’t do it for her gifts, and she always yells at me for the price I paid. But what she doesn’t understand is that it is rare to pay full sticker price for an item in a department store - especially cheaper (non-big-name-designer) clothes. </p>
<p>I didn’t understand the JC Penney commercials at first either, and I haven’t been into one lately, so I haven’t seen first-hand what all of the commotion is really about.</p>
<p>i stopped by JCP yesterday to check it out. Decent prices. Saw some polo shirts for 10 bucks in the mens section and some jeans for about 20-25 in my section. Not too bad. Same exact jeans are 44 at kohls but then they put them on sale and you can get more of a sale with their coupon.</p>
<p>I didn’t think the tags and signs looked cheap, i actually thought they were done quiet well - its a minimalist graphic design and is something I would make myself as a designer.</p>
<p>I heard about their new approach, went yesterday and about a month ago, I wasn’t impressed then, tried yesterday and was terribly disappointed. It wasn’t the same place at all. Nothing to draw me back there, no coupons, prices were full retail. Crappy clothes, I mean, nothing I would want to own for $4. was left on a single rack in one dept. No markdowns, coupons or any good enough reason to say they’ve made a change and it’s good…sorry, hate it.</p>
<p>The receipt no longer has the 15% off your next purchase on the back after completing survey.</p>
<p>I have mixed feelings about this, but don’t suspect it’ll last. I hear too many people are not happy with this overhaul…it’s a shame because I used to shop there for the entire family.</p>
<p>I went to JC Penney today to do my “protest” shopping and I must say I was disappointed with the quality of much of the clothing. It’s been awhile since I’d shopped there and the changes have not been for the better. I did find one shirt I liked for $20, so that was good.</p>
<p>I like DeskPotato’s #43 post. I, too, have been a huge JCPenney shopper for many years and unfortunately am very disappointed with this new program. The coupons and sales were what I enjoyed about shopping there. Loved seeing all that savings at the bottom of those receipts! And I think the cashiers really liked “helping” their customers to get the best bang for the buck by dividing up sales, etc. It was like a fun game for all.</p>
<p>It seems that the clothes I was in the market for and looked at over the weekend were twice of what their original prices were --a long sleeved workout knit top for $26… are you kidding me? I think they are going to regret this approach, but I could be wrong. It isn’t for me, though.</p>
<p>Now they’re doing away with cashiers??!! Every once in a while I have a question or need something from the stockroom. This will be interesting.</p>
<p>I have not been able to find a cashier at Pennys for several years now. Always amazes me how execs could think it a good business practice to not collect the money.</p>
<p>The day this thread was started, 1/26/12, JC Penny announced some “big changes” that were seen as extremely positive by Wall Street. On that day the stock soared 17.5%, rising from 34.28 to 40.72 in one day! A few days later the stock topped out at $43 per share. Today JCP is trading at 20.33 (no, there was not a stock split)</p>
<p>I haven’t been to JCP in a while but they must have cashiers still. They’re probably just like Sears and a number of other big retailers in decreasing the number of cashiers and making it more of a pain for shoppers.</p>
<p>Men must be in charge of all these stupid decisions. Ads are useless, store bland. Shopping is a sport and entertainment to women unlike men who just rush in and out of the store afraid they may buy something.
In response I think I’ll buy a football team and dress them in pink (or whatever is the fashion of the day), serve cucumber sandwiches and tea rather than beer and hot dogs. I think the games should be during the week around 2pm so it won’t mess with mom’s schedule of picking up the kids (since I don’t care much about it anyway). And the tickets should definitely go on sale on a regular basis at 40% off–more with a coupon.</p>
<p>^ Speak for yourself. This woman likes the low prices rather than the “game”. I like the barebones stores and lack of ads. It’s one of the few places where I don’t feel like I’m on sensory overload.</p>
And I think the cashiers really liked “helping” their customers to get the best bang for the buck by dividing up sales, etc. It was like a fun game for all.</p>