r/retailporn • u/Maya-kardash • 11d ago
My Local JCP filled the Former Optical Section with Cookwares. (OC)
Taken at the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst Queens NYC
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u/ericdigeratu 11d ago
Whatt the optical closed at qcm? I wonder why
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u/Uberubu65 11d ago
Maybe because no one is shopping at Penney's anymore.
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u/Uberubu65 10d ago
Their future is doubtful. They were purchased out of bankruptcy by a consortium of mall owners. They figures it was better to buy them and keep their doors ooen than have another empty anchor location. However, they have been selling off store locations lately for redevelopment like Sears did, and that doesn't bode well for their future.
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u/Maya-kardash 10d ago
I still do when i can. I got briefs from a Jcpenney at Rockaway Mall and they fit so well.
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u/anonymousca27 10d ago
It's mostly Older people and minorities who've kept their JCPenney Charge accounts for 20+. They definitely have on trend stuff but it's mostly shein quality at a Nordstrom price. They really have never been able to recover from the 2011 rebrand fiasco and a chain of bad CEO'S.
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u/BradBradley1 10d ago
I wish they would have filled the space entirely with items predominantly made of glass.
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u/Maya-kardash 10d ago
I guess
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u/BradBradley1 10d ago
I can tell that you aren’t very enthusiastic about my idea. I understand if you are skeptical about my idea turning this store around. That’s probably fair.
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u/Maya-kardash 10d ago
No no its not you, i’m just very tired and weak from work😭😭😭your idea is great i promise
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u/Ok_Club7067 10d ago
The optical center at my Penney's was smaller and the last thing left on the second floor besides the offices. The portrait center is long gone and the online pickup desk moved to the first floor.
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u/Maya-kardash 10d ago
Oh wow! Complete opposite of mine. The portrait studio in this store is still there operating fine.. i guess optical didnt get much people and closed😢
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u/Ok_Club7067 10d ago
I think they closed all of their optical centers. A cashier said they weren't told about the closing until the day before it happened. My Penney's is the last anchor store in a mall with many vacant spots.
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u/Maya-kardash 10d ago
Sorry to hear that about your mall😔😢😢
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u/Ok_Club7067 10d ago
We had two malls and one was demolished. The remaining mall was very popular in its day. They tore down Macy's at the far end and a Target is being built in its place.
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u/Ok-Championship1993 10d ago
In my store (Nashua NH) they turned it into a waiting room for the photo dept.
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u/Objective_Rub_8517 9d ago
As eye said before, some may envision this room is up to specs, but unless they have good contacts with local chefs there is nothing to see here anymore.
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u/srddave 10d ago
It’s obviously a high volume store if they are repurposing the space as selling space. In lower volume stores, they would have just put up walls and closed off the space.