While I, admittedly, cannot answer that question definitively, I think a few clarifications of points within your question are necessary in order to begin to answer the question accurately.
1. First, JCPenny is a primarily a department store that sells the products of other brand names. For instance, they sell Liz Clairborne as well as other exclusive and private brands.
2. It is these private brand--these clothing companies--that may contract with garment factories around the world to actually sew the clothing.
3. Not all garment factories fall in the category of what are typically referred to as "sweatshops"--where working conditions and pay scales are considered objectionable by those in "advanced" countries.
4. JCPenny does, in fact, have an in-house design team that creates fashions for the company's private lines. I do not know
So, with these four points of clarification, we can begin to answer your question:
Even though we don't know the exact nature of all of their holdings and assets, based on the above, it's likely that neither JCPenny nor any of the private brand companies actually "have" garment factories. They simply outsource--or hire--these factories (typically in other countries where labor is cheaper) to create the clothing.
With that said, it is also likely that many of these garment factories do, in fact, have work conditions that would be considered objectionable by those of us who categorize certain conditions as being "sweatshops."
So, while a definitive answer is hard to come by without some more investigation into their manufacturing practices and contracts, if your reason for asking is to decide if you should spend your money there, it might be important to determine what specific brands that are sold through JCPenny are actually dealing with "sweatshops."
Hope this helps as a first step towards the answer you seek.
You are invited to check out a book called "Chicken Feathers & Garlic Skin: Diary of a Chinese Garment Factory Girl on Saipan" (also available in Kindle/Nook formats) to read more about the actual conditions in garment factories right here on US soil on the island of Saipan, a US Commonwealth near Japan.
Walt F.J. Goodridge
the "as told to" author of the recommended book
if a company is fair trade, their products are made in Canada, the U.S., or Hong Kong, and it is guaranteed to have not been made in a sweat shop.
shut up stop the lies some people are trying to do their homework!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of the common company's accused of using sweat shops is Primark, cheap prices but hard labor, long hours and awfully low wadges! The people work from as early as 5 in the morning to 9 at night! There are harsh working conditions and intimidating employers!
The best analogy to slave ships is present day sweat shops. The sweat shops packs many workers into small spaces. The workers work in horrible conditions for very little money while the employers make a fortune off of the products.
I am actually doing a project on sweat shops and she looked up what companies use sweatshops I did to I don't think aeropostal did the stores that use sweatshops are Nike, Disney I got a lot, a lot of big name brands like Hollister, Abercrombie, etc Hope it helpe
sweat shops are in lots of countries and there in england and america ghana
Macy, jcpenny, sears, and old navy
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Officially, sweat shops are illegal in every country of the world. But most brands - especially the bigger ones- get away with it, anyways. Many third world countrys don't enforce this law, and that's why there are so many sweat shops in this messed up world.
sweat shops
In sweat shops we get $0.03/week
Sweat shops
to make money