Yet another retailer has severed ties with celebrity chef Paula Deen. J.C. Penney has decided to stop selling Deen merchandise, company spokeswoman Daphne Avila told the Dallas Morning News. The department store chain had sold Deen-branded kitchen products primarily in its 300 to 400 smaller stores across the U.S., and now it plans to remove Deen's wares from its website jcp.com over the weekend. J.C. Penney recently re-launched its home stores with glitzy celebrity brands like Jonathan Adler, Michael Graves and Martha Stewart. According to Avila, the home department at J.C. Penney is mostly stocked with Cuisinart and Calphalon brands. Over the past week, retailers have been running for the...
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