Boscov's

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Boscov's
Type	Private
Founded	1911
Headquarters	Reading, Pennsylvania
Key people	Kenneth S. Lakin, Chairman & CEO Burton Krieger, President and Chief Merchandising Officer
Industry	Retail
Products	Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.
Revenue	$1.051 billion USD (2006)
Website	http://www.boscovs.com/

Boscov's is an American department store that was founded by Solomon Boscov in 1911. The first store was located in Reading, PA, and today 50 additional stores are spread throughout the Mid-Atlantic states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Delaware, and Virginia.

Boscov's is currently the largest family owned department store in the United States, with yearly revenue of over $1 billion. This store competes with the prices and products of The Bon-Ton. The stores feature merchandise not normally seen in department stores anymore, such as toys, greeting cards, and candy.

The current company chairman is Kenneth S. Lakin, upon the retirement of Albert R. Boscov.

Boscov's is one of the last family owned department store chains in the United States. Many of the store still offers many of the traditional service departments that others have given up years ago such as an actual customer service desk, candy department, toy department, sporting goods, optical, travel bureau and eight stores include in-store restaurants called The Greenery.

Boscov's still operates two downtown department stores in Binghamton, NY and Wilkes-Barre, PA.

Contents 1 Locations 1.1 Delaware 1.2 Maryland 1.3 New Jersey 1.4 New York 1.5 Pennsylvania 1.6 Virginia 2 Former stores

[edit] Locations

[edit] Delaware

• Christiana: Christiana Town Center
• Dover: Dover Mall - Contains a Greenery Restaurant ^[1]
• Wilmington: Concord Mall (Former Pomeroy's)

[edit] Maryland

• Baltimore County: White Marsh Mall (Former Macy's)
• Glen Burnie: Marley Station (Former Macy's)
• Frederick: Frederick Towne Mall (Former JC Penney)
• Owings Mills: Owings Mills Mall (Former Macy's)
• Salisbury: The Centre at Salisbury
• Westminster: TownMall of Westminster (Former Montgomery Ward)

[edit] New Jersey

• Deptford: Deptford Mall (Former Wanamaker's, Hecht's and Strawbridge's)
• Eatontown: Monmouth Mall - 264,601 sq. ft. (Former Abraham & Straus and Stern's)
• Moorestown: Moorestown Mall (Former Gimbel's and Stern's)
• Pleasantville: Shore Mall (Former Sears)
• Toms River: Ocean County Mall (Former Stern's)
• Vineland: Cumberland Mall - 194,125 sq. ft.
• Voorhees: Echelon Mall - 173,000 sq. ft. (Former Lit Brothers, Gimbel's and Stern's)

[edit] New York

• Albany: Colonie Center (Former Steinbach)
• Binghamton: Downtown - 124,000 sq. ft. - Contains a Greenery Restaurant ^[2] (Former Fowler's)
• Clifton Park: Clifton Park Center - 196,800 sq. ft (Former Caldor)
• Nanuet: Nanuet Mall (Former Abraham & Straus and Stern's)

[edit] Pennsylvania

• Allentown: Lehigh Valley Mall (Former John Wanamaker, Hecht's and Strawbridge's)
• Altoona, Pennsylvania: Logan Town Centre
• Bensalem: Neshaminy Mall (Former Lit Brothers, Pomeroy's and The Bon-Ton)
• Butler: Clearview Mall - 200,000 sq. ft.
• Camp Hill: Camp Hill Mall (Former E.J. Korvette's)
• Easton: Palmer Park Mall - 192,110 sq. ft. (Former Clover)
• Exton: Exton Square Mall - 190,000 sq. ft.
• Harrisburg: Colonial Park Mall (Former Woolco)
• Harrisburg: The Harrisburg Mall (Former J.C. Penney)
• Hazleton: Laurel Mall - Contains a Greenery Restaurant ^[3] (Former Boston Store)
• Johnstown: Galleria Mall
• Lancaster: Park City Center - Contains a Greenery Restaurant ^[4] (Former Gimbel's and Pomeroy's)
• Langhorne: Oxford Valley Mall (Former John Wanamaker, Hecht's and Strawbridge's)
• Lebanon: Lebanon Valley Mall
• Media: Granite Run Mall (Former Gimbels and Stern's)
• Monaca: Beaver Valley Mall - 194,498 sq. ft. (Former Horne's and Lazarus)
• North Wales: Montgomery Mall (Former John Wanamaker, Hecht's and Strawbridge's)
• Pittsburgh: Monroeville Mall (Former Kaufmann's)
• Pittsburgh: South Hills Village (Former Kaufmann's)
• Plymouth Meeting: Plymouth Meeting Mall - 185,000 sq. ft. (Former Lit Brothers and Hess's)
• Pottstown: Coventry Mall
• Pottsville: Fairlane Village Mall - Contains a Greenery Restaurant ^[5]
• Reading: Fairgrounds Square Mall - Contains a Greenery Restaurant ^[6]
• Reading: Reading Mall - Contains a Greenery Restaurant ^[7]
• Scranton: The Mall at Steamtown - 210,416 sq. ft.
• Selinsgrove: Susquehanna Valley Mall - 194,371 sq. ft.
• Wilkes-Barre: Downtown - Contains a Greenery Restaurant ^[8] (Former Boston Store)
• Willow Grove: Willow Grove Park Mall - 228,740 sq. ft. (Former Abraham & Straus and Strawbridge's)
• Wyomissing: Berkshire Mall (Former John Wanamaker, Hecht's and Strawbridge's)
• York: York Galleria Mall

[edit] Virginia

• Danville: Piedmont Mall (Former Ames)

[edit] Former stores

• Levittown, Pennsylvania: Levittown Shopping Center (Former Pomeroy's, opened as Ports of the World, now demolished where a Home Depot stands)
• Philadelphia: Franklin Mills (Former Ports of the World, now Steve & Barry's)
• Philadelphia: Old Bond Bread bakery on Godfrey Avenue (Former Ports of the World)
• Willingboro Plaza, New Jersey (Former Pomeroy's opened as Ports of the World, now demolished)
• Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania (Replaced by Berkshire Mall store)