J.C. Penney - James Cash Penney opened his first "Golden Rule" Store in 1902 in Kemmerer, WY. The J.C. Penney name was adopted in 1913 when the company had a total of 36 stores. Today, the company is headquartered in Plano, TX, has more than 151,000 employees and operates 1,037 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. "JCPenney is the nation's largest catalog merchant of general merchandise, and jcp.com is one of the largest apparel and home furnishings sites on the Internet."
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