When K-Mart refused to remove porno from their Walden Books subsidiary Christians began a boycott that damaged K-mart so that they have never recovered. They sold Walden Books and were bypassed by upstart WalMart. Any business that underestimates the power of the Christian dollar does so at it's own peril. I rarely go to our local Chick-fil-a only because it is so busy. Homosexuals only represent at maximum 2% of the US population...any more businesses want to take a risk for a 2% minority? I'll patronize any business that treats people equally, but when they choose to make a perverted sexual lifestyle part of their public image they have told me they do not want my business.
I find the JCP episode to be a joke. They hired a new CEO from the world Apple to guide them. First off, their board pays the guy a huge multi-million dollar salary, then they throw in a $53,000,000 bonus!!!! And that is just the pay for the top dude! Now, the other members of the board of JCP probably receive up to a grand total of maybe $100,000, 000 spread out to maybe 10 or 15 of them! They are doing to JCP what Bain Capital and Romney's team do to companies...they pretend to try to rebuild the company, but in reality they are milking the company dry!
JCP will soon be a part of the past and a very few people are gonna walk away filthy richer than when they came onboard and the employees...well...they get the shaft!
$150,000,000 loss in a quarter....well....there is longer a reason to wonder why!
Thieves from the top 1% are stealing more of America!
Heck, even Goldman Sachs got to walk away from the court room, taken care of by cronie capitalism!
by ParadoxisOK August 10, 2012 4:43 PM EDT I find the JCP episode to be a joke. They hired a new CEO from the world Apple to guide them. First off, their board pays the guy a huge multi-million dollar salary, then they throw in a $53,000,000 bonus!!!! -------------------------------
This country is being STOLEN - Legally.
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Well, they're supposed to but another influence helped to change all that... and I don't mean Obama, but if he were sincere he would put his foot down and institute a few executive orders... things are so out of hand these days it's horrible...
To the gentleman who blames Penny's woes on Obama: the disastrous collapse of the economy after 8 years of Bush wiped out over $50 trillion dollars of equity, bank balances, pensions funds and personal savings that will take some time to recover. With 4.5 million jobs added since Obama took office, there is real progress and still much more to do but that stands in contrast to an economy that was losing 700,000 jobs a month in early 2009. It was this near depression that forced shoppers into the saving mode that Penny's has failed to tap. Still the U.S. economy continues to grow while Europe, who pursued the Republican formula of budget austerity is falling back into recession with 6 months of declining GDP and is rethinking a stimulus package that follows Obama's lead.
You would do well to study the causes of the collapse..Bush was only one president in a long line, and he warned the DEMOCRAT run congress 13 times, yet they gave big bonuses to the heads of Fannie and Freddie while they led the financial world off a cliff. This was the result of the Federal Government being involved in unconstitutional programs for generations. Want a solution? Limit the feds to their Constitutional authority.
I have never seen so much ignorance. I am not gay or a lesbian, but I would never let someone else's sexuality dictate what I do with my life. If you all stopped doing anything because of a gay or lesbian, you would be stuck in the house looking at four walls and starving. That's if the house wasn't built by a gay person. Trust me, a gay or lesbian has made a contribution to everything you touch and see. People people look at the bigger picture. We are talking about a store that employs American people. These people will have to find other jobs if these stores close. For you people that are refusing to shop there because of someone else's sexuality, you are more than contributing to the problem. Actually, you are the problem.
eating shellfish is also an abomination according to the Bible. Are you following that rule, along with ALL of the others? Didn't think so. It's so much fun to cherry-pick the parts of the Bible you want to follow.
Here in Florida Publix supermarkets are the market leader. To compete Winn Dixie instituted a pricing plan that posts the normal "market price" and then for club members "the price you pay ___, you save xxx $'s)" which is quite a bit less than market. This is essentially the same as Penny's "everyday low price" except you can see the discounted price next to the standard price and the sense of saving is very strong. Penny's could add the "other store's sale price ___" which would be somewhere in between but still higher than Penny's. The shopper wants a bargain and that is hard to see when you have to trust Penny's supposed already discount price is actually lower. In addition, Winn Dixie tallys the sum of savings for all items and prints at the bottom of the receipt "you saved $xxx.) just to make sure you get the message. Why doesn't Penny's refine their message in a similar way.
(Oh, and one side note: to all of you who are offended by Penny's {and Apple's and Ben and Jerry's, and IBM's and Microsoft's, etc.) policies of supporting the rights of gays: you are on the wrong side of social change - these companies are not stupid and realize that acceptance of alternative lifestyles is not only a majority view but growing. It is just smart business. Your threats are hollow and will increasingly carry less weight as progressive views of civil rights and fairness predominate.
Really, hollow threats.....tell the Kiss-in folks who tried to hurt Chick-fil-A, the traditional families overwhelmingly supported them,and gave them record sales.......it is NOT a "majority view" and Obama will find out how much of a minority view it is.
Wow they had one day of good sales, went by a chick fil a yesterday during the lunch hour and it was almost empty, while the Burger King a block away was packed.
I use to shop at JC Penney all the time. Over the years and as our family grew, we bought clothes for our children and home decorating supplies from bedding to wall hangings from JC Penney. The quality of all the items we purchased was excellent...and if there was a problem or flaw, I never had a issue returning that item. However, in the last year or so, JC Penney (and many other companies) has taken their focus off the American traditional family and has chosen to focus their advertising on non-traditional, alternative lifestyles. As an American and a Christian living in the United States of American, I have the right to shop where I feel my business will profit a company who stands for the same beliefs I do and also cares about the needs of my family. I no longer feel JC Penney is a company that needs my business or truly cares for my families needs; their focus is on an alternative agenda. Therefore, I will no long shop there.
Shop and spend your jack where ever you want, but why try to use your jack to buy and sell a lie in America! It is your belief that it is your religious beliefs or the highway for those that don't, I think. Shameful and very, very Islamic of you!
You beleive marriage is between a man and a woman...but you are lining up in droves to vote for Romney, who's very religion supports and demands that men have many wives, polygamy! Marriage between a man (read bigot) and many, many women! LOL! Sounds like the right wing wants America to become a theocracy and be more Iranlike, mullahs dictating to folks how to live, what to do and how to do it! Sheesh...what a bunch of hypocrites!
Polygamist Mormon religionist Romney for President...because he is a corporate fascist!
I love how the "Christians" read the sections of the Bible that are hyped up enough but seem to be unable to read the other passages, which are very damning toward a lot of other people - such as people who eat shellfish (in any form), the wealthy ("holy class warfare" said the head of the needle to the camel...), greedy, but then the Bible also said a few other things condoning other situations -- I wonder if the same Bible-flaunters would feel so warm and cozy if people told them the entire story, complete with the references to passages they're clearly ignorant of...
You know the new JCP CEO (who came from Apple, where he was head of retail) didn't learn anything from Steve Jobs. Steve was pro-gay, but he didn't rub it in the faces of his customers.
This is what happens when you support gay marriage and have an in-your-face lesbian as a spokesperson. It takes more than prices to get customers to like you. I used to go to Penney's frequently but avoid it like the plague now.
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But if people think we're a "free market" right now they'll believe just about anything.
JCP will soon be a part of the past and a very few people are gonna walk away filthy richer than when they came onboard and the employees...well...they get the shaft!
$150,000,000 loss in a quarter....well....there is longer a reason to wonder why!
Thieves from the top 1% are stealing more of America!
Heck, even Goldman Sachs got to walk away from the court room, taken care of by cronie capitalism!
I find the JCP episode to be a joke. They hired a new CEO from the world Apple to guide them. First off, their board pays the guy a huge multi-million dollar salary, then they throw in a $53,000,000 bonus!!!!
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This country is being STOLEN - Legally.
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Agreed.
"Legally" - and do ethics or morals create laws?
Well, they're supposed to but another influence helped to change all that... and I don't mean Obama, but if he were sincere he would put his foot down and institute a few executive orders... things are so out of hand these days it's horrible...
The Christians need to remember that it's up to God to judge. Nobody else qualifies, and if the Christians were real they would understand why.
But beware, the rightwing will chide you with sarcastic, parochial prattle about who built what...
(Oh, and one side note: to all of you who are offended by Penny's {and Apple's and Ben and Jerry's, and IBM's and Microsoft's, etc.) policies of supporting the rights of gays: you are on the wrong side of social change - these companies are not stupid and realize that acceptance of alternative lifestyles is not only a majority view but growing. It is just smart business. Your threats are hollow and will increasingly carry less weight as progressive views of civil rights and fairness predominate.
Wow they had one day of good sales, went by a chick fil a yesterday during the lunch hour and it was almost empty, while the Burger King a block away was packed.
However, in the last year or so, JC Penney (and many other companies) has taken their focus off the American traditional family and has chosen to focus their advertising on non-traditional, alternative lifestyles.
As an American and a Christian living in the United States of American, I have the right to shop where I feel my business will profit a company who stands for the same beliefs I do and also cares about the needs of my family. I no longer feel JC Penney is a company that needs my business or truly cares for my families needs; their focus is on an alternative agenda. Therefore, I will no long shop there.
You beleive marriage is between a man and a woman...but you are lining up in droves to vote for Romney, who's very religion supports and demands that men have many wives, polygamy! Marriage between a man (read bigot) and many, many women! LOL! Sounds like the right wing wants America to become a theocracy and be more Iranlike, mullahs dictating to folks how to live, what to do and how to do it! Sheesh...what a bunch of hypocrites!
Polygamist Mormon religionist Romney for President...because he is a corporate fascist!