Suit shows retailers' struggle for consolidation Ohio department store chain takes aim at would-be suitor Carson From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: September 1, 1996| Author: DORIS HAJEWSKI | Copyright 1996 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The lawsuit filed by the Dayton-based Elder-Beerman department store chain against Carson Pirie Scott & Co. last week offers an insider's view of the chess game being played out in the retail world today.

The suit, filed in Ohio, marks the second time in just over a year that Carson, the Milwaukee-based operator of the Boston Store chain, will be in court over its efforts to buy another chain.

Last summer, Carson sued Younkers Inc., a Des Moines-based department store chain, as...

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