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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsPenney's closing---how much of my life has been bound up in the stores, the catalogues
From chilhood in the 40s to buying pillows in oughts of 21st century
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)but that's the way that most department stores are going. The concept of having a big box in either an expensive downtown or a costly shopping mall, with mostly empty space is becoming financially impractical.
bottomofthehill
(8,366 posts)Table, chairs, couch, bedding, towels, pots, pans, I may have got a couple things at Montgomery Wards, but everything I can remember came from Pennys.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)I was in mid teens or older before I realized it wasn't really called 'Monkey Wards'. As a little kid in the 40s in OK I wondered where the monkeys were
CrispyQ
(36,567 posts)Spring/Summer
Fall/Winter
Christmas
I've spent thousands of dollars there over the years. You could have the catalog item delivered to the local store and pay zero in shipping. Maybe they changed that later on but they offered that while I was still catalog shopping.
Mme. Defarge
(8,063 posts)primarily from one source, it has reminded me of those Sears catalogue days of my girlhood.
Srkdqltr
(6,386 posts)The problem is with hugging old ideas and not keeping up with fresh ideas. They should have been on the internet from the beginning they had catalogs of their merchandise and warehouses to ship from. Very sad.
Voltaire2
(13,270 posts)except for a brief interlude working stock. I couldn't quit that job fast enough.
TlalocW
(15,394 posts)Were always a fun part of the holiday season for me. Not just because of all the toys I wanted, but because of all the depictions of old-fashioned Christmases on the cover and in the catalog.
TlalocW
Fla Dem
(23,887 posts)Really didn't shop in a Penney's until I moved to Florida and then not much. But true, the end of an era. Think we'll be seeing a lot of those.
yellowdogintexas
(22,292 posts)if JCPenney is closing all their stores, there will be three closing here.
I could not wait to get a new catalog.
csziggy
(34,140 posts)When I was a kid, they were the only place near us that sold Girl Scout official stuff. It was a big deal when Mom took me there to get my Brownie uniform so I'd have it in time for my school picture: