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J.C. Penney taps another 13 stores for closure. Here’s the full list

13 stores added to the list of more than 150 stores

By Herb Scribner Herb Scribnerhscribner@deseretnews.com
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In this July 31, 2009 file photo, customers are seen in the main entrance of the new J.C. Penney store in the Manhattan Mall in New York.

FILE - In this July 31, 2009 file photo, customers are seen in the main entrance of the new JCPenney store in the Manhattan Mall during the grand opening in New York. J.C. Penney Co. said Friday, May 14, 2010, its first-quarter net income more than doubled as sales improved across most categories. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)

Mary Altaffer, Associated Press

J.C. Penney has released a new list of stores that will close as the company files for bankruptcy.

What’s going on?

In June, J.C. Penney announced it would close more than 150 stores across the country during the summer, as I reported for the Deseret News.

J.C. Penney filed for bankruptcy “after several years of declining sales and strategic missteps as J.C. Penney careened from one reinvention strategy to another,” according to USA Today.

According to CNN, here is a rundown of the stores that are closing now:

Michigan:

  • Greenville.
  • Owosso.
  • Big Rapids.
  • Alma.
  • Bay City.
  • Mt. Pleasant.
  • Okemos.

New York

  • Bay Shore.
  • Poughkeepsie.

Washington

  • Omak.
  • Sunnyside.

Maryland

  • Hyattsville.
  • California.
  • Concord.