J. C. Penney Co. Inc. reported catalog sales of $217 million for the five weeks ended Sept. 28, off 17.2% from $262 million last September.
The Plano, TX company reported comparable department store sales of $1.2 billion for the month, off 3.1% from $1.3 billion last year.
For the nine weeks ended Sept. 28, Penney reported catalog sales of $403 million, down 20.8% from $509 million last year.
Comparable department store sales for the period of $2.48 billion were off 2% from $2.5 billion last year.
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