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J. C. Penney Moving Texas Jobs to India

J.C. Penney is opening an IT office in Bangalore, India, as it restructures that critical department which was hurt during the retailer's failed reinvention in 2012 and 2013.  The new IT office will have an emphasis on analytics, innovation and reporting capabilities, said Penney spokesman Joey Thomas.

With some IT job functions moving to India, some jobs now performed by contract employees in Penney's Plano headquarters will be cut, but Thomas didn't say how many.

Penney is hiring full-time IT engineers and analytics professionals for the new office in India and in Plano, he said.

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