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Paula Deen's business woes continue to mount, a week after news broke that the celebrity chef had used a racial slur and a day after she made a failed attempt to save face on NBC's "Today."

Retail giant Target has severed its business ties with Deen, adding to a list of companies that have decided to part ways with her amid the scandal, the Associated Press reports.

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A spokeswoman for the company told the AP that the company will phase out Deen's merchandise, which includes cookware. "Once the merchandise is sold out, we will not be replenishing inventory," the spokeswoman added.

Over the past week, a number of Deen's business partners have fled from the butter-happy chef, chipping away at her empire by defection. After the Food Network's decision not to renew Deen's contract, Smithfield Foods parted ways with Deen, followed by Caesars Entertainment and Walmart. On Thursday, drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk, which makes the diabetes drug Victoza, which Deen endorses, suspended their relationship.

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"Novo Nordisk and Paula Deen have mutually agreed to suspend our patient education activities for now, while she takes time to focus her attention where it is needed," the company said Thursday. "Novo Nordisk would like to acknowledge Paula's involvement in our Diabetes in a New Light campaign, where she has helped make many people aware of type 2 diabetes and the lifestyle changes needed to control this serious disease."

Deen has been mired in controversy since last week, when news broke that she had used the "N" word during a deposition. Deen and her brother, Earl W. "Bubba" Hiers by a former restaurant employee who claims that Hiers created a sexually and racially hostile work environment, and that Deen failed to prevent it.

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Posted on: 3:14 pm, June 28, 2013, by George Brown, updated on: 04:21pm, June 28, 2013

(CNN) Civil Rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson has is being criticized by many in the black community for showing some support for Paula Deen.

Jackson told the Associated Press, she should be reclaimed rather than destroyed.

Numerous people have attacked Jackson for his Tweet using the very same word Deen admitted to using.

Former President Jimmy Carter said embattled celebrity chef Paula Deen should be forgiven, arguing that while theres no condoning the racial slurs she uttered, the well-known personality has been candid and apologetic.

She was maybe excessively honest in saying that she had in the past, 30 years ago, used this terrible word, Carter told CNNs Suzanne Malveaux in an interview Friday. I think she has been punished, perhaps overly severely, for her honesty in admitting it and for the use of the word in the distant past. Shes apologized profusely.

Deens troubles began about two weeks ago when a deposition in a discrimination lawsuit was released in which she admitted using the n-word in the past. Dean has insisted she does not tolerate prejudice, but her apologies have failed to suppress the controversy.

The fallout has been swift and painful.

Her Southern cooking business is reeling as major brands end or suspend their ties with her, prompting the celebrity chef to seek out professional crisis-management assistance.

Photos: Southern TV chef Paula Deen

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The rapid downfall of Paula Deen's empire in wake of her N-word controversey continued on Friday.

A JCPenney spokesperson told TheWrap that the company has decided to discontinue selling her merchandise.

The Associated Press also reports thatBallantine Books is canceling the publication of Deen's upcoming cookbook, "Paula Deen's New Testament: 250 Favorite Recipes, All Lightened Up," which was set to be released in October.

The publisher has not yet responded to TheWrap's request for comment.

Also read:Paula Deen's Multimillion-Dollar Disaster: What's the Cost of the N-Word?

The news comes the same day that Sears and Kmart announced they were cutting ties with the former Food Network personality.

All three department stores join a long list of companies, including Food Network, Smithfield Foods, Walmart, Target, drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk, and Harrah's, that have dumped Deensince she acknowledged using the N-word in a deposition last month.

The celebrity chef and her brother are being sued by a former female restaurant employee, who says Deen's brother subjected her to racist, sexist and violent behavior. The plaintiff alleges Deen did nothing to stop it.

"My brother is not a bad person. Do humans behave inappropriately? At times, yes. I don't know one person that has not. My brother is a good man," Deen said during the deposition. "Have we told jokes? Have we said things that we should not have said, that -- yes, we all have. We all have done that, every one of us."

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