2025 Began In A Surge Of Retail Mergers And Acquisitions; JCPenney Into Catalyst Brands The Biggest
Christian Lacroix, Kapital, Laura Ashley, Stella McCartney, True Religion, Urban Skin RX, Vera Wang, and Vince have new ...
JCPenney is trying to reinvent itself — again
The 650-location department store chain has joined forces with the company behind names such as Eddie Bauer and Aéropostale ...
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JCPenney merges with Forever 21's parent company Sparc Group to create new entity
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 ...
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JCPenney, SPARC Group Unite To Create Catalyst Brands
JCPenney is merging with a company that owns several other retailers that have also struggled as malls have declined in popularity across the U.S. The 123-year-old department store chain and SPARC ...
JCPenney Merges with Aéropostale Owner to Form Catalyst Brands
The department store chain said that the all-equity merger brings its banner and various exclusive private brands under the ...
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JCPenney reveals mega-merger with parent co. of Brooks Brothers, Nautica
The North Texas chain and Sparc Group LLC announced Jan. 8 they had combined to form Catalyst Brands, which is comprised of six brands. The joint venture brought together Sparc Group’s ...
JCPenney merger good news for North Texas, middle class
JCPenney showed a profit in its fiscal 2023, but by the third quarter of 2024, it had slipped back into the red. Now new life ...
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J.C. Penney, Brooks Brothers operator join forces as ‘Catalyst Brands’
Sparc Group, an operating entity that is a joint venture of brand firm Authentic Brands Group, fast-fashion e-retailer Shein and Simon Property Group, has formed a joint venture, Catalyst Brands ...
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JCPenney, SPARC Group unite to establish Catalyst Brands
American department store chain JCPenney has joined forces with Aéropostale brand owner SPARC Group to establish a new entity, Catalyst Brands. The merger unites six retail banners under one ...