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J C Penney Story Highlights Hard Work and Principle
A book on J C Penney chronicles how the founder built the nation’s largest chain from a one room store in Kemmerer Wyoming. It traces Penney’s austere, work driven ethos, frugal management, and insistence on character in hiring while shaping a vast retail empire with top quality at low prices.
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J. C. Penney
United States
Norman Beasley
J. C. Penney Company
Whittlesey House
Washington
Penney
Kemmerer
Wyo
Main Street
Primitive Baptist Church
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