J C Penney Corporation, Inc Corporate Office & Headquarters

After 38 years of a happy marriage, two adult children never in trouble with the law, drugs, etc., as a lifelong consumer of JCP merchandise, I have earned the right to complain about your "new direction", whether you listen or not. Growing up, (I am 55 now) every new school year all purchases made by my parents (on a low to moderate income, spent the money they saved for their 3 daughters at the JCPenney's store at the Meadows location in Indiana. After being married for five years and purchasing nearly all of our bedding, small appliances, towels, etc., from that same store, we were expecting our first child. Going through college to be educators, we were still on a low to medium budget, but as we raised our children, here again, we purchased nearly everything from JCP. Our income improved some and we could now purchase some of the more expensive items. The store moved to the other end of town to a high end mall. We followed it. A salon opened in this giant new facility. We went to it taking our children for haircuts, perms, etc. With one child married for almost 13 years now and our children being adults, I was having a great time buying baby clothes for my married daughters children. Your new campaign has ruined all of that. The spokesperson that you choose to delagate as A or THE representative of your store crosses the line for us. I will return only for haircuts so as not punish the stylist that has no choice in the policies that you require of her to "represent" as an employee. I totally agree with the responders that we do not HATE the lesbian or gay force that you seem to be exhibiting as representative of the values of your store or possibly your board's philosophy. After teaching for a combined 57 years, we never touted or demonstrated anything that we personally felt about gay/lesbian lifestyles, heterosexual lifestyles, nor pushed our religious or political views. By disagreeing with your business savvy campaign, whether I am on the "who cares about this one consumer" list or not, that is ok by me. The comments overheard even by consumers at the salon, at church, in the nearby restaurants through discussion or by neighbors, we are not alone. In fact a number of the past SOLID JCP lifers that I have heard or spoken to will not return now for any purchases. The advertising agencies advice to try to top the Target model etc. and the representative "gay" agenda as family friendly, (believe it or not), still gives us the right to move on. Absolutely no hating, just refuse to NOT have a mind of our own. We can disagree without criticism in an educated world. Free will is the American way, isn't it?

I have always enjoyed shopping at Penneys, particularly in their Home Dept. and I have looked forward to their catalogs and special mailers; HOWEVER, they have taken on a new CEO, Ron Johnson, a former Apple retail executive. "I've always dreamed of leading a major retail company as CEO," Johnson said in a prepared statement. "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to help JC Penney re-imagine what I believe to be the single greatest opportunity in American retailing today -- the department store." Very nice, but this evidently includes pushing the homosexual agenda. Not in MY face, thank you very much! Have you perused the very well designed May (Mother’s Day) promo booklet featuring real moms and daughters as models? A very nice personal touch and an effective retailing presentation. Notice if you will, Page 11 bearing the headline “freedom of expression”. Read the text: “You’ll often find Wendi, her partner, Maggie, and daughters elbow-deep in paint, clay or mosaics. Even as babies, the girls toddled around in diapers, covered in paint,” said Wendi. They come from a long line of artists, which includes grandma, Carolyn. Visiting her art studio in Granbury, Texas is a favorite outing. And like any grandma, this one loves to bake – pottery, that is. Wendi shown with her mom Carolyn, daughters Raven and Clover, and partner Maggie.” People will do what people will do and what is done behind closed doors is none of my business, but do NOT try to feed me perversion passed off as respectable, freedom of expression, or viable “choice” with the insinuation that the homosexual lifestyle is normal, healthy, or beneficial to society. Do NOT attempt to court my business by pushing your social agenda. Business is about buying and selling, not mind-bending. Think about it – who is their new spokesperson? Ellen Degeneres. OK, Ellen is funny, and likeable, but let’s look at the whole picture. It’s not just Ellen. Now this! Would you agree that Penneys is moving in a certain direction? I do believe in choice – the choice to shop at stores whose agenda is to provide a quality item or service at a fair price, not at stores which conscientiously appeal to warped pressure groups seeking to promote their perverted lifestyle and ideas. Is this an financial decision? Common sense will tell you that tickling the homosexual community will not bring in the bucks to balance the compromise of Penney’s family image, so this is not a “business” decision. It’s social manipulation, which is intended to glide pretty advertising over the heads of readers while dropping seeds. JCP – I don’t want your weeds in my flowerbed! You are now off my shopping list!

This company that hired this genuis needs to be fired like they are doing to all the people at JCPenney, People are losing their jobs left and right my friend worked for this company for 25 years and was laid off and has she was telling me this I was watching Ellen which she was giving away gift cards for 250 for girls to go to prom well Mr Johson my friend has a daught who can not go to prom because her single parent mother was laid off thanks to your FAIR AND SQUARE logan I bet you sleep good at night after recieving 53 MILLION for being CEO and letting hundreds of people lose their jobs. I hope one day this all falls back on you..you are a disgrace to the Penney name..I have never hated a company so much in all my live now,, you want charge apps and all this other crap but there is NO custmers and NO employees to run the store 1 person is watching half of the store what the hell are you thinking I just hope you have a back up plan for all this mess you have created and besides lose the stupid commericals they make no sense NOTHING is advertised like the waste of books that is sent out each month, its pathic people want discounts coupons HELLO it worked before...like I said I hope what you have done to this company comes back to bite you right in your ass.....

JCPenney certainly has transformed their image, and not for the better. I used to be a faithful shopper, and my daughter has a credit card with them. But shopping there is now a thing of the past for me. I don't feel comfortable there. I will continue giving my business to stores that are family friendly, like Kohl's.

Just sat down to view the lastest Mother's Day edition from JC Penney that I received in the mail. I am very saddened to see that your company has chosen to display and exploit in print and photo a lifestyle that is a choice that I don't care to have forced on me. I have shopped with your company for over 30 years, but due to this, I will be cancelling my account with your company and will make the changes in my shopping habits in the future.

I just saw an ad for Mother's Day that deplicted several diffrent types of mothers and to my surprise was a mother with her life partner! I realise that this is the PC.. thing to do and that if you offend my Christian views on marrage I am considered acceptable colateral damage. This is fine and I will turn the other cheek and I will pray for your company as we are told by the Bible. However I will no longer shop there and I have contacted my Church denomination headquarters and have informed them of the ad and I know they will agree with my Biblical stand.

Penneys is so desperate to bring in customers that now they are sending trash to my house. On page 11 of their new catalog they are promoting the gay life. I promptly cancelled my account with them and also cancelled subscription to receive their trash at my home. Penneys do not try to defeat the values of America. I will no longer shop at Penneys.

I thought JC Pennys was a family store with good values. Showing Ellen Degeneres whatever her name is does not promote family values. And the add with the 2 women well that is disgusting to a family value. If God wanted two women to be married, he would have made made it that way, but he did not. I will not support JC Penny with sales if they continue in this matter. I will support stores that are neutral with my $$$.

JC Pennys used to be the kind of store for the working class. Now I see it is changing to lesbian families. I guess JC Pennys is not my families store any more. I will shop where values are kept within families and good measure. The past 20 years I've spend thousands at JC Penny's, Not anymore if they don't stay neutral. They've lost many customers, I guess they wanted to go down hill, and thats where they are headed. So sorry to say.

Whoever the person was who does your marketing and advertising should be fired promptly. And the uppper management who agrees to this lesbian sales add, should also be fired. They are not doing ANY GOOD for the store. They are trying to gain the lesbian group, but the middle class which is more than the lesbians/gay shop more at JC penny's and JC Pennys will lose so much money if they continue on with this. American Middle Class Families that have values, BOYCOTT JC PENNY. Until they realize who butters their bread !!

Jcp os a great store good people freindy faces but some people are straight out evil nasty its sad how people wanna try to get u fired this but the next time I see my my name written on here I going to cooperate trust and believe! Cherry hill NJ ! Two fat people with no life sad!

Very upset with the way things are going on, I feel like my second family is being torn apart I didn't think the new CEO was so cruel with the way he has treated employees. These people have poured blood sweat and tears for this company and now he's saying "nice knowing you, don't let the door hit you on the way out." It's so messed up and very inhumane, not even warning peole that they no loger have a job ay JCP is wrong! If things need to change so badly maybe you should start by stepping down clothing retail is not for you or start by rotating/fire store managers they are way to set in their ways!

I am disgusted by the way this company dismissed employees today. From those who have been there for years to those that were just recruited in the fall like my husband. It is thoughtless, inconsiderate and mean. I will never set foot in that store again and look forward to its upcoming demise and closing.

Disclaimer: I like shopping at Forever 21 and Love Culture, but I make sure to visit my local JCPenney every other weekend. When I first saw the renovated store (for April) I was in awe of all the color choices! It was like a rainbow; so beautiful and so exciting. The more I looked around, the more I noticed how YOUNG the clothing looked...I could never wear shorts that tiny and shirts so obviously trying too hard to appeal to teenagers...the Junior's department looked so colorful and bright but I couldn't find clothes for school. I tried on so many brands and it wasn't working - either the pants were too "sexy" or the shirts were more suited for going out partying than for school. So I went into the Casual department for a pair of Gloria Vanderbilt jeans that I like because they're super comfortable and nice. Anyways, while I was looking around the store I noticed a few register kiosks were taken away which left a huge problem in it's wake! I picked out a pair of jeans I wanted to buy but there was NO WAY I was going to wait in a line of 15 people - so I put the jeans back where I found them. I went up to the dresses department and oh my god it was a disaster!! It was a nightmare out of a M. Night Shyamalan movie. When I saw two carts overfilling with dresses, I cringed. Every room had a corner with a nice pile of dresses on the floor and hooks taken up by even more clothes. I used the handicapped room because it was less messy, turned around and smelled pee on the floor...a dress was soaked in pee. It didn't take a genius to figure out that each department only had one employee. The lines were INCRIDIBLE...why did people wait in them? The girl at register was not allowed to clean the fitting rooms, put back the clothing, or pick up the stuff off the floor - she had to stay at the kiosk. I found out that the fitting room employee was scheduled only a few hours at night! What in the hell is this? If I want to go "Thrift Store Shopping" I will go to the Salvation Army! I've read some other people's comments and the cut backs explains a lot. One girl can't clean entire department by herself (if she's at register) so the clothes pile up and the management probably decides to put support staff (fitting room/stock people) at night and work them to the bone in the 5-10 hours they get a week. That might help payroll but it makes shopping gross. I want more people cleaning the floor, cleaning the rooms, and fixing racks - I don't shop at Walmart or Target or Thrift Store so I don't expect to have to bend down and pick clothes off the floor!! That's just ...sad and not at all fun.

For years I enjoyed the shopping at JCP as the clothes were stylish and good for any age range. The clothes were well made and lasted. Now so much comes from China they fall apart. Many of the same items can be purchased at WM. Clothing now is for the young, slinder, tall woman. So I am out of luck these days.

I think JCP is on its way out. The new revamp of the company is turning customers away. Today I got one of the "new" catalogues, and I don't know if they're trying to sell clothes, or a politically correct social agenda. I've basically enjoyed buying homestore items at JCP, but this new approach to selling I find offensive. Sell the goods and advertise them properly......I don't want to know if someone is a single mom or has a Lesbian partner!!! This has no place in the advertising world. Sorry JCP, but you've lost another customer.

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My wife has been a faithful employee of jc penneys for 35yrs. always rated tops. now she has had her hrs. slashed, we will loose our insurance next yr. Try finding a new job at her age especially when she gave her whole career to one type of work and to one ungrateful co. Thanks Ron.

Horrible company. Saying they want to be America's favorite store, while outsourcing jobs and products out of the country. Pretending to be for America. This company treated their employees that had worked for years for them with little respect, laying off the majority of their home office if they were close to 50 or older. They say they are fair and square but this is an outright lie! This company will not last for too many years. The home office is filled with liars and cheats. A good foundation for a winning company. LOL

I can relate to everyone's negative comments here! Just spend an hour on the phone with a third party call center about an order that was PAID FOR but NEVER recieved!!! From 3/16 (date ordered online) to 4/27 no response. Told on 4/28 that for "whatever reason" the shoes never made it to the store" and "you were never charged". My father helped to open the first JcPenney store in our area. CHANGE in this country - God help us all...