.jcpenney said it is trying to hold Sephora to their contract as it reopens stores.
As J.C. Penney Corp. reopens stores during the coronavirus pandemic and reportedly heads toward a potential bankruptcy filing this month, it is sparring with Sephora, which has stores within Penney’s locations.
“The company filed a temporary restraining order so Sephora could not prevent J.C. Penney from reopening Sephora inside J.C. Penney locations,” a Penney’s representative said in a statement. “We remain committed to working together to drive sustainable, profitable growth, as SiJCP continues to be a beauty destination that serves millions of customers each year.”
The French-based retailer also argued back in a court filing on Monday that it was not trying to immediately shut down its stores within J.C. Penney, and that it only expressed its right to serve a default notice to the U.S. company amid what it said was the department store’s move toward bankruptcy. Sephora said it raised the issue as part of the “good faith wind-down discussions that have been underway between the parties for weeks.
“Sephora will be in a much better position if it can declare a default prior to a bankruptcy filing by [J.C. Penney],” Wander said. “Otherwise its contractual rights will be hostage to the bankruptcy process.”
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