JCPenney in Carlsbad anchors The Shoppes at Carlsbad on El Camino Real, occupying a full department-store footprint inside the 1.1-million-square-foot center that first opened as Plaza Camino Real in 1969. The multi-department layout covers men's, women's, and children's apparel alongside home furnishings, footwear, and a Sephora-inside-JCPenney beauty counter, sharing anchor status with Macy's on the opposite end of the mall. JCPenney's private-label portfolio — including St. John's Bay, Arizona Jean Co., and Worthington — accounts for a significant share of floor space, offering size-inclusive ranges that extend through plus and tall categories. The home department stocks Liz Claiborne and JCPenney Home bedding alongside window treatments and small appliances, a home-goods assortment that parallels the kitchen and tool selection at Lowe's Home Improvement across El Camino Real. The in-store salon operates as a full-service facility with color mixing stations calibrated for Zotos and Matrix salon-grade chemical services including keratin smoothing treatments and permanent wave processing.