A New York Times author unearths evidence of deceptive search engine optimization tactics linked to JCPenney.com.

This book—at once a biography of Missouri farm boy–turned–business icon James Cash Penney and the story of the company he started in 1902—brings to light the little-known agrarian roots of an American department store chain.

When his stores made a lot of money, he shared that money with his employees and gave money to charities. J. C. Penney became one of the most successful and respected businessmen in the United States.

Traces the rise and fall of retail giant JCPenney, charting the people and events that have been part of its history, and how the stories and characters offer lessons applicable in all of corporate America.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.

... JCPenney Corporation . The middle - tier U.S. retailer JCPenney opened its first department store in Mexico in May 1995 , in Monterrey , Nuevo Leon . It has since opened other retail outlets in Leon , Guanajuato , and Mexico City .