Retail Focus 1/21/17 – JCP Partners with Nike, Target & Tuesday Morning Announce Changes

After hand-wringing about potential store closures, JC Penney surprises many by announcing a new in-store partnership with Nike.  Additionally, Target and Tuesday Morning announce executive shuffling, Limited enters Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and a new study finds that e-commerce retailers experienced lower margins in 2016 compared with the prior year.