The parent company of fashion retailer Forever 21 has merged with JCPenney to form a brand new company called Catalyst Brands. Sparc Group, which is also over the brands Aéropostale, Brooks ...

Catalyst Brands brings together SPARC Group’s brands Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers, Eddie Bauer, Lucky Brand and Nautica with JCPenney and its exclusive private brands, including Stafford ...

JCPenney is joining forces with a large conglomerate to form an even bigger powerhouse in the retail space. The department store chain is teaming up with the Sparc Group in an all-equity merger to ...

JCPenney merged with the once bankrupt SPARC Group in 2025 to form Catalyst brands, which include JCPenney, Brooks Brothers, ...

JCPenney's is closing seven stores by May 25, 2025. This comes four months after it announced closures nationwide.

The end is near for several JCPenney stores across the country. JCPenney is joining other retailers like Macy's and Kohl's in ...

JCPenney – now part of a bigger retail company – endured a rough fiscal year that saw financial challenges with sales, though it pointed to progress at ...

Catalyst, which was formed in January, is a joint venture between the once-bankrupt JCPenney and Sparc Group, the owner of Brooks Brothers, Lucky Brand, Eddie Bauer, Nautica and Aeropostale.