Bon-Ton Stores Expanding Furniture

January 9, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on January 2007 The Bon-Ton Stores, which operates 283 department stores and eight furniture galleries, is adding a 65,000-square-foot furniture gallery as part of a revamping of its Parisian and Elder-Beerman stores in Beavercreek, Ohio.

The gallery is part of the renovation of the York, Pa.-based company’s 150,000-square-foot Elder-Beerman store and will be completed in September.

The company also will create a 15,000-square-foot Home Store in its former Parisian store in Indianapolis that will take on the Carson Pirie Scott nameplate when the project is completed in July.

“The additional space and remodels will allow us to increase the productivity of the stores and enhance the shopping experience for our customers in these markets,” said President and Chief Executive Officer Bud Bergren.