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JCPenney has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced a new agreement with Forever 21.  As part of this ...

JCPenney is closing some stores this year, and the date those stores will close is almost here. Are any in Ohio? Here's the ...

Please don't be a Karen and demand to speak with a manager. The employees that are left are losing their jobs and don't need ...

If you have a Forever 21 gift card that you haven’t yet spent, you are out of luck. When stores closed for the day on April ...

In January, JCPenney announced it had partnered with Forever 21 to create a new company called Catalyst Brands. The merger also includes Brooks Brothers, Aéropostale, Lucky Brand, Nautica and Eddie ...

Another round of layoffs is coming to Catalyst Brands LLC, the parent company of JCPenney. Catalyst Brands was formed 2025 after the merger of JCPenney and the once-bankrupt Spark Group. Brands under ...

Forever 21 customers must use gift cards and store credit by the end of Tuesday as the retailer winds down its U.S.

The brand management firm quietly took full ownership of the retailer's trademarks and intellectual property licenses some ...

Sparc, which operated Forever 21, Aeropostale and other fashion brands, announced in January that it had merged with JCPenney to form a new company, Catalyst Brands. Forever 21’s intellectual property ...

A committee of unsecured creditors to Forever 21 Inc. ’s US operator said they are “aggressively investigating” all deals made by the retailer before it filed for Chapter 11, including JCPenney’s ...