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J. C. Penney

American department store chain·Consumer & retail·HQ US

QuietNothing qualifying in the last 180 days; its last confirmed cuts, 74 jobs, were announced on 18th February 2026
Updated 9th November 202626 weeks
74
Jobs cut · 12 months
18th Feb 2026
Latest on record

We found no job cuts at J. C. Penney in the last 90 days.

Quiet means nothing qualifying was found, not that jobs are safe. The last was on 18th February: JC Penney filed a WARN notice for a closure affecting 74 employees at Springfield, VA, effective 2026-05-29.

How to read this page
  • The label (Cutting, Signs or Quiet) comes from one published rule applied to the sources listed: the company, formal notices and named outlets. The rule
  • The figures count each announcement once. Where a figure is left out, the record says why (one report only, offered not cut, same round).
  • Summary says what is happening and what would change the label; Full record lists every report, linked.

What’s happening, and where

No job cuts found at J. C. Penney in the last 90 days.

The last 12 months

DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSeptOctNov18th Feb 2026: JC Penney filed a WARN notice for a closure affecting 74 employees at Springfield, VA, effective 2026-05-29.74
CutsBuyouts, plans and signsHiringBigger mark = more jobs named

No cuts found this quarter. We found cuts in 1 of the three quarters before.

This label is our opinion, reached by applying one published rule to the sources listed. J. C. Penney can correct the record at any time.

At a glance

LabelQuiet since the week to 24th Aug
Jobs cut, 12 months74 · workforce not on our record, so no share
Latest on the record18th February 2026 · Cuts announced · 74 jobs
Where the jobs areSpringfield, VA · US
Jobs we countAll 74 jobs reported. How we count
Normal for them?No cuts found this quarter. We found cuts in 1 of the three quarters before.
Sources, 12 months1 formal notice, each linked below
Headquarters · sectorUS · Consumer & retail · JCP

Identifiers Wikidata Q920037 · LEI 5493001C62ZLWJXL4D02 · SEC CIK 0001166126 · ISIN US7081601061 · JCP on New York Stock Exchange · About these

What happened

Every event on the record, newest first. Each has its own page; open a row’s reports to see every source. How we decide

Nothing from J. C. Penney, a formal notice or a named outlet about its workforce in the last 90 days.

Earlier on the record (1 event, up to a year)
  1. 18th Feb
    J. C. Penney files a WARN notice for 74 jobs in Virginia

    Cuts announcedVirginiaFormal notice

    JC Penney filed a WARN notice for a closure affecting 74 employees at Springfield, VA, effective 2026-05-29.

    The source: WARN notice (VA)
    1. 18th Feb

      WARN notice (VA) Official

      JC Penney filed a WARN notice for a closure affecting 74 employees at Springfield, VA, effective 2026-05-29.

    Its own page, with the facts →

    74jobs cut

In context

How the label has changed · 26 weeks

24th AugSigns → Quiet · Nothing qualifying in the last 180 days

Share of its sector’s cuts

1%

of the 14,586 job cuts announced in 12 months by the employers we rate in consumer & retail.

Peers in consumer & retail

  1. British American Tobacco12.0%
  2. Ocado5.3%
  3. John Lewis Partnership5.0%
  4. Diageo1.5%
  5. Coca-Cola0.4%
  6. Reckitt0.3%
  7. PepsiCo0.2%
  8. J. C. Penney74 jobs

Job cuts in 12 months as a share of each employer’s workforce. J. C. Penney’s workforce is not on our record, so it is shown by jobs, unranked.

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This label is our opinion, reached by applying one published rule to the sources listed.