JCPenney merges with Sparc Group to form Catalyst Brands, combining six brands and boasting $9 billion in revenue.

Plano’s JCPenney and a retail company called Sparc Group announced a merger to form a new company in the market. The company, ...

Six retail stores – one of which still has a presence in the Chautauqua Mall – are merging to form a new organization. JCPenney and the SPARC Group are forming Catalyst Brands. Other SPARC Group ...

It remains to be seen if merchandise bearing the names of brands like Aeropostale, Eddie Bauer and Nautica, all now aligned with JCPenney, will make their way into JCPenney stores.

Catalyst Brands combines SPARC Group's Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers, Eddie Bauer, Lucky Brand, and Nautica with JCPenney and its exclusive in-house labels such as Stafford, Arizona, and Liz Claiborne.

JCPenney has weathered a bankruptcy, store closings and a CEO straight out of Silicon Valley — all followed by continual ...

The new Catalyst Brands has over $9 billion in revenue, 1,800 store locations, 60,000 employees and $1 billion of liquidity.

JCPenney and SPARC Group today announced that they have combined to form a new organization, Catalyst Brands, creating an ...