It was announced on Wednesday that J.C. Penney Co. will close 33 of its stores, cutting 2,000 jobs, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Earlier this winter, the store refused to releases its holiday sales information, but did say publicly that it was happy with the sales numbers from the holiday season.
Prior to the cuts, the company employed 116,000 staffers across more than 1,100 stores.
The announced cuts should save the company close to $65 million annually. The company is planning to take on $26 million in pretax charges for the third quarter. Then, the company will take on $17 million in future quarters.
The full list of stores being shuttered include the following:
| State | City | Shopping Center |
| AL | Selma | Selma Mall |
| CA | Rancho Cucamonga | Arrow Plaza |
| CO | Colorado Springs | Chapel Hills Mall |
| CT | Meriden | Meriden Square |
| FL | Leesburg | Lake Square Mall |
| FL | Port Richey | Gulf View Square |
| IA | Muscatine | Muscatine Mall |
| IL | Bloomingdale | Stratford Square Mall |
| IL | Forsyth | Hickory Point Mall |
| IN | Marion | Five Points Mall |
| IN | Warsaw | Marketplace Shopping Center |
| MD | Salisbury | The Centre at Salisbury |
| MI | Marquette | Westwood Plaza |
| MN | Worthington | Northland Mall |
| MS | Gautier | Singing River Mall |
| MS | Natchez | Natchez Mall |
| MT | Butte | Butte Plaza Shopping Center |
| MT | Cut Bank | (N/A) |
| NC | Kinston | Vernon Park Mall |
| NJ | Burlington | Burlington Center |
| NJ | Phillipsburg | Phillipsburg Mall |
| OH | Wooster | Wayne Towne Plaza |
| PA | Exton | Exton Square Mall |
| PA | Hazleton | Laurel Mall |
| PA | Washington | Washington Mall |
| TN | Chattanooga | Northgate Mall |
| VA | Bristol | Bristol Mall |
| VA | Norfolk | Military Circle Mall |
| WI | Fond Du Lac | Forest Mall |
| WI | Janesville | Janesville Mall |
| WI | Rhinelander | Lincoln Plaza Center |
| WI | Rice Lake | Cedar Mall |
| WI | Wausau | Wausau Mall |