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Boston Store will have new management; Purchase by Bon-Ton will double size of chain
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The Boston Store will have a new owner by early next year, but the
name and the stores will stay the same, the buyer said Monday.
Bon-Ton Stores Inc., a York, Pa.-based department store chain,
will buy Saks Inc.'s Northern department store group for $1.1
billion. The Northern group, which has its headquarters in the
downtown Boston Store building, includes 142 stores that operate
under the Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson Pirie Scott, Herberger's
and Younkers names.
"The Bon-Ton s...
