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JCPenney Raises Prices, So It Can Lower Them Again
“Fake prices” are back at JCPenney. The company that famously tried to do away with coupons and sales is now reportedly raising its prices, so that it can lower them again with coupons and sales. In...
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RIP JCP CEO: No Coupons, No Sales = No Job
It comes as no surprise if you’ve been following the travails of JCPenney, but the man who decided customers should do without coupons and sales is now without a job. CEO Ron Johnson was ousted as...
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JCP CEO Likes Coupons; His Potential Replacement Loves Them
JCPenney’s ousted CEO only grudgingly reinstated coupons. His replacement is happy to offer them. And his potential replacement may be positively elated about the idea of coupons – and lots of them....
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Customers Are Complaining, But Are Stores Listening?
Most retailers will claim that they’re listening to customers and responding to our needs – right before introducing changes that customers clearly hate. JCPenney now has been reduced to begging...
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Coupons in the News: The Top Stories of 2013
If there was any doubt that there could possibly be enough coupon-related news on which to base an entire website, just look at all the coupon-related news that happened this past year. In all,...
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Mailman Convicted of Stealing, Selling Coupons Sues JCPenney for $25M
A New York mailman convicted of pilfering JCPenney coupons from the dead-letter bin and selling them on eBay is now turning the tables on his accusers – suing the police who arrested him, and JCPenney...
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JCPenney Cashier Arrested for Giving Coupons to Friends
Remember when JCPenney did away with coupons a few years ago? Former CEO Ron Johnson’s big idea was a big disaster, so the coupons returned and he was shown the door. Shoppers were happy to see the...
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Mail Carrier Charged With Stealing Her Customers’ Coupons
If you’re a couponer, just think what it must be like to have hundreds of high-value coupons pass through your hands, day after day. It’s a potential gold mine – unless the coupons aren’t yours. In...
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JCPenney Bungles Black Friday Coupon Giveaway
JCPenney might be wishing right about now that it had stuck with its old plan to get rid of coupons for good. The department store got a lot of pre-Black Friday buzz for the generous coupon offer it...
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JCPenney Will Cut Back on Coupons, Again
Darned if you do, darned if you don’t. The department store that famously and disastrously got rid of coupons, then relented and brought them back, is now having second thoughts about coupons once...
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RIP JCP CEO: No Coupons, No Sales = No Job
It comes as no surprise if you’ve been following the travails of JCPenney, but the man who decided customers should do without coupons and sales is now without a job. CEO Ron Johnson was ousted as...
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JCP CEO Likes Coupons; His Potential Replacement Loves Them
JCPenney’s ousted CEO only grudgingly reinstated coupons. His replacement is happy to offer them. And his potential replacement may be positively elated about the idea of coupons – and lots of them....
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Customers Are Complaining, But Are Stores Listening?
Most retailers will claim that they’re listening to customers and responding to our needs – right before introducing changes that customers clearly hate. JCPenney now has been reduced to begging...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Coupons in the News: The Top Stories of 2013
If there was any doubt that there could possibly be enough coupon-related news on which to base an entire website, just look at all the coupon-related news that happened this past year. In all,...
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Mailman Convicted of Stealing, Selling Coupons Sues JCPenney for $25M
A New York mailman convicted of pilfering JCPenney coupons from the dead-letter bin and selling them on eBay is now turning the tables on his accusers – suing the police who arrested him, and JCPenney...
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JCPenney Cashier Arrested for Giving Coupons to Friends
Remember when JCPenney did away with coupons a few years ago? Former CEO Ron Johnson’s big idea was a big disaster, so the coupons returned and he was shown the door. Shoppers were happy to see the...
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Mail Carrier Charged With Stealing Her Customers’ Coupons
If you’re a couponer, just think what it must be like to have hundreds of high-value coupons pass through your hands, day after day. It’s a potential gold mine – unless the coupons aren’t yours. In...
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JCPenney Bungles Black Friday Coupon Giveaway
JCPenney might be wishing right about now that it had stuck with its old plan to get rid of coupons for good. The department store got a lot of pre-Black Friday buzz for the generous coupon offer it...
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JCPenney Will Cut Back on Coupons, Again
Darned if you do, darned if you don’t. The department store that famously and disastrously got rid of coupons, then relented and brought them back, is now having second thoughts about coupons once...
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A Misguided Coupon Policy Hurt It – But Coronavirus May Kill It
By now, you’ve heard the news that JCPenney has become the latest and largest retailer to file for bankruptcy during the coronavirus pandemic, which has made it impossible for just about anyone to...
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