JCPenney filed for bankruptcy – CNN

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May 16, 2020

The company said it had agreements with most lenders regarding a settlement plan that would allow it to stay in business as a financially healthier company, but would include the closure of 846 stores that had not been announced previously. As part of the settlement process, JCPenney arranged to borrow an additional $ 450 million from lenders to pay for operations during the reorganization.

The company blamed the Covid-19 pandemic because of the need to file for bankruptcy.

“Until this pandemic strikes, we have made significant progress in rebuilding our company under the Renewal Plan strategy – and our efforts have begun to bear fruit,” said CEO Jill Soltau. “Implementing this financial restructuring plan through a court-supervised process is the best way to ensure that JCPenney will build more than 100 years of its history to serve our customers over the coming decades.”

JCPenney is the fourth national retailer to file for bankruptcy this month. On May 4, clothing retailer J.Crew filed for bankruptcy, followed by a filing at Neiman Marcus on May 7. May 10th Stage Store (SSI) file for bankruptcy.

How the mighty has fallen

The history of JCPenney began in 1902 with its first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming. It grew into one of the major national retailers, anchors many suburban shopping centers along with rivals such as Sears Macy’s. (M.) who find themselves facing their own struggles today. JCPenney reached its peak in 1973, when it operated more than 2,000 locations throughout the country.

Today, JCPenney has 85,000 employees, making the company among the largest US retailers to file for bankruptcy in recent years. It has more stores in the US than other troubled companies like Sears, Toys “R” Us or Sports Authority To do when they file.

JCPenney has been struggling under a mountain of debt and red ink for a decade. But the past 10 years have been filled with mistakes one after another, as the door swung around in executive leadership bringing him four different CEOs. Radical changes intended to revive companies – including ending coupons and selling permits in an effort to capture more high-end buyers, and introducing household appliances – proved to be a spectacular failure that was quickly canceled.

But the company also struggled with the decline in all department store sectors. More consumers shop online than directly, and JCPenney too battered by the growth of large discount boxes like Walmart (WMT), Target (TGT) and Costco (COST), which gives buyers lower prices and choices of items not found in department stores, such as food.

JCPenney’s most profitable year was 2010, and its net loss has reached $ 4.5 billion since then.

This is the Covid-19 company that has the most impact – and at least

The corona virus pandemic eventually bankrupt the company. Sales at department stores across the industry plummeted 47% in April, while clothing store sales plummeted 89%, according to government figures reported Friday. Like other retailers, JCPenney announced on March 18 that it closed shops and fired its employees during the crisis. Currently it can only reopen 41 stores for shoppers, less than 5% of the total.

In addition to cutting almost all of JCPenney’s income, it makes future prospects for troubled retailers far more bleak.

“The pandemic recession is … accelerating the shift of consumers towards online retailing,” said Kalinda Ukanwa, assistant professor of marketing at Marshall University of Southern California Business School.

JCPenney has a long-term debt of $ 3.6 billion in its books on February 1. Although much of the debt will not be due until next year, the company revealed on April 15 that it had missed debt payments that day. It said it was looking at strategic options available during the 30-day grace period before being assessed in the debt default. On May 7, he missed another debt payment, and this one came with only a week’s grace period. But instead of defaulting on the loan, he made the payment on May 14, giving him an extra day before deciding whether to file for bankruptcy or not.

The retail sector is problematic

Filing a company bankruptcy does not always mean that JC Penney will go out of business. Many companies use this process to reduce debts and other obligations that they are unable to do when closing operations and unprofitable locations. J.Crew and Neiman both intend to stay in business. But Stage Store said it plans to permanently close all nearly 800 of its small department stores if it cannot find buyers during the bankruptcy process.

But this is a unique time for retail bankruptcy filing. Many stores are closed due to quarantine and orders remain at home, and many potential buyers are restless wandering to open stores.

Retailers often use store closure sales to liquidate inventory and collect the money they need to fund operations during bankruptcy reorganization, said Reshmi Basu, a retail bankruptcy expert at Debtwire, which tracks the finances of troubled companies. It only makes it harder for companies to survive the bankruptcy process. Many retailers enter bankruptcy who intend to stay in business but fail to do so.

UBS analysts said on Monday that “the closure of retail stores will accelerate in the post-Covid-19 world” and that the gap between well-positioned retailers and struggling chains will develop due to the outbreak.

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

Method Media Bermuda will present the documentary FABRIC: Portuguese History in Bermuda on Thursday, December 29 at the Underwater Research Institute of Bermuda.

A spokesperson said: “Method Media is proud to bring Bermuda Fabric: Portugal History to Bermuda for its 5th and 6th showing at the Bermuda Underwater Observatory. In November and December 2019, Cloth: A Portuguese Story in Bermuda had four sold-out screenings. Now that Bermuda has reopened after the pandemic, it’s time to bring the film back for at least two screenings.

“There are tickets Ptix.bm For $ 20 – sessions at 15:30 and 18:00. Both screenings will be followed by a short Q&A session.

Director and producer Milton Raboso says, “FABRIC is a definitive account of the Portuguese community in Bermuda and its 151 years of history, but it also places Bermuda, Acors and Portugal in the world history and the events that have fueled those 151 years.

“It took more than 10 years to implement FABRIC. The film was supported by the Minister of Culture, the Government of the Azores and private donors.

“Bermuda Media Method [MMB] Created in 2011 by producer Milton Raposo. MMB has created content for a wide range of clients: Bermuda’s new hospital renovation, reinsurance, travel campaigns, international sports and more. MMB pays special attention to artistic, cultural and historical content.

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS ‘There will be room’

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December 20, 2022

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS 'There will be room'

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

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December 19, 2022

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

Maestro Filipe Cunha, Artistic Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Braga, has been invited to conduct the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, as announced today.

According to a statement sent by O MINHO, “he will be the first Portuguese conductor to conduct this orchestra in its entire history.”

In addition to this orchestra, the maestro will also work with the Lyceo Mozarteum de la Habana Symphony Orchestra.

The concerts will take place on 4 and 12 March 2023 at the National Theater of Cuba in Havana.

In the words of the maestro, quoted in the statement, “these will be very beautiful concerts with difficult but very complex pieces” and therefore he feels “very motivated”.

From the very beginning, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 will be performed by an Italian pianist (Luigi Borzillo), whom the maestro wants to bring to Portugal later this year. In the same concert, Mendelshon’s First Symphony will be performed.

Then, at the second concert, in the company of the Mexican clarinetist Angel Zedillo, he will perform the Louis Sfora Concerto No. 2. In this concert, the maestro also conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

“This is an international recognition of my work. An invitation that I accept with humility and great responsibility. I was surprised to learn that I would be the first Portuguese member of the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. This is a very great honor,” the maestro said in a statement.

“I take with me the name of the city of Braga and Portugal with all the responsibility that goes with it, and I hope to do a good job there, leaving a good image and putting on great concerts. These will be very special concerts because, in addition to performing pieces that I love, especially Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, I will be directing two wonderful soloists who are also my friends. It will be very beautiful,” concludes Filipe Cunha.

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