Department store chain JCPenney, which has four Milwaukee-area locations, has merged with Sparc Group LLC to create a new firm that includes retail brands Brooks Brothers and Eddie Bauer.

JCPenney is bringing in Seattle-headquartered Eddie Bauer and a host of other brands to form a new company called Catalyst Brands. Global retail company Sparc Group and JCPenney announced ...

Six retail stores – one of which still has a presence in the Chautauqua Mall – are merging to form a new organization. JCPenney and the SPARC Group are forming Catalyst Brands. Other SPARC Group ...

(RTTNews) - Department store chain JCPenney announced that it has merged with SPARC Group, a full-service retail enterprise operating Aéropostale, Eddie Bauer, and Forever 21, among others ...