Headquarters could grow in deal; In buying Boston Store parent, Bon- Ton says it might add staff downtown

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: November 1, 2005| Author: DORIS HAJEWSKI | Copyright information

The Bon-Ton Stores chain will double in size with the $1.1 billion purchase of the 142 stores of Saks' Northern department store group, headquartered in downtown Milwaukee.

It will be the second big growth spurt for the York, Pa.-based Bon- Ton, which acquired the 69-store Elder-Beerman chain in October 2003.

Bon-Ton has 139 department stores and two furniture stores in 16 states, with total sales of $1.3 billion. The Saks Northern group has 142 stores but nearly twice the annual...

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