Alternatives and competitors
Sites like J. C. Penney
The 20 closest department store retail alternatives to J. C. Penney, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 7 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to J. C. Penney? The closest matches are Macy's, Target and Wayfair. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About J. C. Penney
J. C. Penney jcpenney.com
We Are Currently Unable to Provide a Shopping Experience for this Country
Wikidata: American department store chain
Summary by Claude
Online store of the JCPenney department store chain, selling clothing, shoes, jewelry, beauty products, home goods and furniture, with in-store pickup at its US locations. The site is geo-blocked outside the United States.
- Who it’s for
- US shoppers, mainly families
- Business model
- Retail product sales
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to J. C. Penney’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to J. C. Penney
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to J. C. Penney, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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department store chain in the United States
Very close cos 0.920 - 02
Target : Expect More. Pay Less.
Shop Target online and in-store for everything from groceries and essentials to clothing and electronics. Choose contactless pickup or delivery today.
Very close cos 0.910 - 03
Wayfair.com - Online Home Store for Furniture, Decor, Outdoors & More
Shop Wayfair for A Zillion Things Home across all styles and budgets. 5,000 brands of furniture, lighting, cookware, and more. Free Shipping on most items.
Very close cos 0.907 - 04
American chain of luxury department stores
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American department store chain
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John Lewis & Partners | Never Knowingly Undersold
Proudly shaping British life for over 150 years, John Lewis blends timeless tradition with modern living across homeware, fashion, and technology. Discover the difference today.
Very close cos 0.902 - 07
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American sporting goods retailing corporation
Very close cos 0.899 - 08
American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company
Very close cos 0.900 - 09
Shoes, Sneakers, Boots, & Clothing + FREE SHIPPING | Zappos.com
Fast, FREE shipping on just-landed sneakers, boots, heels & more from your favorite brands. Now that's a win.
Very close cos 0.901 - 10
OTTO - Mode, Möbel & Technik » Zum Online-Shop
OTTO Online-Shop » Viele Marken ✓ Tolle Angebote ✓ Top Service » Ratenkauf ✓ Kauf auf Rechnung ✓ Altgeräte-Mitnahme ✓ Aufbauservice ✓ Jetzt shoppen!
Very close cos 0.900 - 11
American multinational retailing company
Very close cos 0.898 - 12
building in State of Mexico, Mexico
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Walgreens: Pharmacy, Health & Wellness, Photo & More for You
Your go-to for Pharmacy, Health & Wellness and Photo products. Refill prescriptions online, order items for delivery or store pickup, and create Photo Gifts.
Very close cos 0.895 - 14
Walmart | Save Money. Live better.
Shop Walmart.com today for Every Day Low Prices. Join Walmart+ for unlimited free delivery from your store & free shipping with no order minimum. Start your free 30-day trial now!
Very close cos 0.895 - 15
etsy.com
American e-commerce company
Very close cos 0.897 - 16
falabella.com | Todo lo que necesitas en un solo lugar
Encuentra lo ultimo en Moda, Electrónicos, Calzados, Deco, Mascotas, Deportes, Bebé y más. ¡Haz clic ahora y aprovecha nuestras ofertas!
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Women's & Men's Clothing, Shop Online Fashion | SHEIN
From shoes to clothing, from sports equipment to accessories. All fashion inspiration & the latest trends can be found online at SHEIN
Very close cos 0.896 - 18
American multinational technology company
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Australian online fashion retailer
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fnac.com
French multinational electronics store chain
Close cos 0.891
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to jcpenney.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones J. C. Penney uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What J. C. Penney is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=2806f764d326484d81e2301ac82d3875
- CDN
- Akamai header server: AkamaiNetStorage
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX jcpenney-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
- DNS hosting
- Akamai Edge DNS NS eur5.akam.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=3ca6e8ad-9051-45ac-8f87-0cd27ae78897
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=n2UiS9Mnk0ciaRfDoqZ7E7mDp4hUdFa0ZXxpUPO…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=tlhWUTTrJYEjqAYeBRDpCd4zxRCkbPmrmsjNKNOhUs4
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what J. C. Penney adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Microsoft 365 15/20
- Apple Business · not on jcpenney.com 14/20
- Atlassian 13/20
- Adobe 12/20
- Akamai Edge DNS 10/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on jcpenney.com 10/20
- Proofpoint · not on jcpenney.com 9/20
- Akamai 7/20
- OneTrust 7/20
- React · not on jcpenney.com 7/20
- DocuSign · not on jcpenney.com 7/20
- Miro · not on jcpenney.com 7/20
- Next.js · not on jcpenney.com 6/20
- OpenAI · not on jcpenney.com 6/20
- Canva · not on jcpenney.com 5/20