J. C. Penney Company, Inc., a holding company, is a retailer operating through its two wholly owned subsidiaries, J.C. Penney Corp., the 100 year-old department store chain, catalog and Internet business; and Eckerd Corp., the chain of 2,600 drugstores. The Company operates 1,075 JCPenney department stores, located in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Mexico. In addition, the Company operates 54 Renner department stores in Brazil. The major portion of the Company's business consists of providing merchandise and services to consumers through department stores, catalog departments and its Internet Website, JCPenney.com. The Company markets predominantly family apparel, jewelry, shoes, accessories and home furnishings. Through its subsidiary, Eckerd Corporation, the Company operates a chain of 2,641 drugstores located throughout the Southeast, Sunbelt and Northeast regions of the United States.