Show cu hugs r r I 1 ST IS 1 A OGE 1 1075 1073 stores now in operation throughout the united states the J C penney go co has just an bounced the assignment of fifty three I 1 new stores to be opened in the spring of I 1 1929 making the total number of stores 1075 the growth grot li of this company has been phenomenal from 1922 to the cloe of 1927 the store units increased if from rom to S 2 in 1927 stores j were opened and the gross volume of bu buness iness for the year vear was in 1928 with 1000 tores in operation it is expected that the 1 l mark will bs be reached the fifty three new stores will be opened in the following states arizona 1 arkansas 4 C california Ji fornia 5 colorado 1 georgia 3 illinois 1 ino is 1 iowa 2 kansas 3 missouri 4 mississippi 1 new mexico 1 north carolina 3 ohio 3 oklahoma 2 oregon 2 south carolina 1 tennessee 2 texas 5 washington aton 3 wisconsin 5 although the a average population of these towns is several larger cities are included in the locations among them st louis mo tulsa I 1 oklahoma and el paso texas this is in accord with the policy of the company recently adopted in which the next forward step stem in c expansion passioni will be in the larger population centers the mana managers ers of these new stores have been appointed and they will begin to by buy their opening stocks of merchandise at the fall conventions convention now in in session in eleven districts scattered throughout the united states representatives of the merchandise department display sample lines of merchandise at these conventions so that each manager may select his stock style merchandise such as ready to wear is not bought until close to the opening date of the new stores in order that they will have the latest and most up to date a assortments sort ments the men who have been selected to manage these new nev stores have been associated with the company in the majority of cases for many years either as manager or assistant to the manager they axe are experienced merchants and typical J C penney co men constructive efforts toward pio doting the welfare of the cities citie 4 to which they are arc assigned will receive their heir enthusiastic support |