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Sept. 27 2013 4:29 PM

J.C. Penney Can't Even Decide What the Company Is Called

By Matthew Yglesias

89541118 — J.C. Penney in more expansive times.

Great catch from Ashley Lutz who noticed that troubled retailer J.C. Penney can't even come up with a consistent spelling of the company's name in their own press releases:

It's all a bit sad, really.

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