Home Textiles Today - April 22, 2002

With a focus on classification merchandising and key item strength, home textiles in the new prototype JCPenney debuted last week at its nearby Lewisville store adds new approaches to presentation that underscores those merchandising goals. The 13-year-old store near the company headquarters was selected as more representative of the more than 1,000 Penney stores across the co...

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