J.C. Penney slashes outlook

October 27, 2017

J.C. Penney cut its sales outlook for 2017 to flat or down one percent versus an improvement of one percent that it had previously forecast. The department store retailer also said profits would be off as it has had to engage in more markdown activity than planned as a result of slow women’s apparel sales.

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