InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate J.C. Penney to permanently shut about 242 stores as part of bankruptcy plan By financialnews_rlv83x - May 18, 2020 0 179 J.C. Penney Co Inc plans to trim its store count by 29per cent to about 604, as the U.S. department store chain looks to focus on those more profitable, a regulatory filing showed on Monday, two days after it filed for bankruptcy protection.