Boscov's
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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 40 stores are spread throughout Pennsylvania and four other northeastern states.
Boscov's is currently the largest family owned department store in the United States, with yearly revenue of just under $1 billion. The stores feature merchandise not normally seen in department stores anymore, such as toys.
The current company chairman is Kenneth S. Lakin, upon the retirement of Albert R. Boscov.
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Locations
Delaware
- Christiana: Christiana Town Center
- Dover: Dover Mall
- Wilmington: Concord Mall (Former Pomeroy's)
Maryland
- Baltimore County: White Marsh Mall (Former Macy's, opening Fall 2006)
- Glen Burnie: Marley Station (Former Macy's, opening Fall 2006)
- Frederick: Frederick Towne Mall (Former JC Penney)
- Owings Mills: Owings Mills Mall (Former Macy's, opening Fall 2006)
- Salisbury: The Centre at Salisbury
- Westminster: TownMall in Westminster (Former Montgomery Ward)
New Jersey
- Eatontown: Monmouth Mall (Former A&S and Stern's)
- Moorestown: Moorestown Mall (Former Gimbels and Stern's)
- Pleasantville: Shore Mall (Former Sears)
- Toms River: Ocean County Mall (Former Stern's)
- Vineland: Cumberland Mall
- Voorhees: Echelon Mall (Former Lit Brothers, Gimbels and Stern's)
New York
- Albany: Colonie Center(former Steinbach)
- Binghamton: Downtown
- Clifton Park: Clifton Park Center (Former Caldor)
- Nanuet: Nanuet Mall (Former Abraham & Straus and Stern's)
Pennsylvania
- Bensalem: Neshaminy Mall (Former Lit Brothers, Pomeroy's and The Bon-Ton)
- Butler: Clearview Mall
- Camp Hill: Camp Hill Mall (Former E.J. Korvette's)
- Easton: Palmer Park Mall (Former Clover)
- Exton: Exton Square Mall
- Harrisburg: Colonial Park Mall (Former Woolco)
- Harrisburg: The Harrisburg Mall (opened in 2003, former J.C. Penney)
- Hazleton: Laurel Mall (Former Boston Store)
- Johnstown: Galleria Mall
- Lancaster: Park City Center (Former Gimbels and Pomeroy's)
- Lebanon: Lebanon Valley Mall
- Media: Granite Run Mall (Former Gimbels and Stern's)
- Monaca: Beaver Valley Mall (Former Horne's and Lazarus)
- Pittsburgh: Monroeville Mall (Former Kaufmanns, Opening Fall 2006)
- Pittsburgh: South Hills Village Mall (Former Kaufmanns, Opening Fall 2006)
- Plymouth Meeting: Plymouth Meeting Mall (Former Lit Brothers and Hess's)
- Pottstown: Coventry Mall
- Pottsville: Fairlane Village Mall
- Reading: Fairgrounds Square Mall
- Reading: Reading Mall
- Scranton: Steamtown Mall
- Sunbury: Susquehanna Valley Mall
- Wilkes-Barre: Downtown (Former Boston Store)
- Wyomissing: Berkshire Mall (Former John Wanamaker and Strawbridge's)
- York: York Galleria Mall
Virginia
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 (Formerly Ports of the World)
- Philadelphia: Old Bond Bread bakery on Godfrey Avenue (Formerly Ports of the World)
Source: [Goodbye Hecht's, hello Boscov's: Pa. store chain to take over space in 3 area malls By Andrea K. Walker, published February 7, 2006, Baltimore Sun]
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