By Chris Isidore and Nathaniel Meyersohn
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JCPenney filed for bankruptcy on Friday, the latest retail giant to see its downfall hastened by the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic was the final blow to a 118-year-old company struggling to overcome a decade of bad decisions, executive instability and damaging market trends.
The company said it has an agreement with most of its lenders on the turnaround plan that will allow it to stay in business as a more financially healthy company, but will include closing an as yet unannounced number of its 846 stores. As part of the turnaround process JCPenney arranged to borrow an additional $450 million from those lenders to pay for operations during the reorganization.
The company blamed the Covid-19 pandemic for the need to file bankruptcy.
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/05/16/jcpenny-files-for-bankruptcy/