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As of 2006, the Bergner's name was used at 14 locations, all in Illinois. Bon-Ton Stores announced on April 17, 2018, that they would cease operations and began liquidating all 267 stores after two liquidators, Great American Group and Tiger Capital Group, won an auction for the company. The bid was estimated to be worth $775.5 million.
Since the late 1970s, Woodman's has opened 15 stores throughout Wisconsin and Illinois. The Kenosha location, which opened in 1997, was the largest grocery store in the United States at the time. [citation needed] The 2001 opening of the Rockford, Illinois, store marked the first Woodman's store outside Wisconsin. Woodman's was privately owned ...
Blick Art Materials is a family-owned retailer and catalog art supply business. Established as a mail order business by Dick Blick in 1911 and purchased by Robert Metzenberg in 1947, it is one of the oldest and largest art materials suppliers in the United States, as well as a primary supplier of mail order art supplies.
Outlet stores sell Sears merchandise at discount. [13] Outlet stores are approximately 18,000 square feet and equipped with items such as home appliances, lawn and garden equipment, apparel, mattresses, sporting goods and tools. [3] Outlet stores sell discontinued, used, cosmetically blemished or reconditioned merchandise with new parts. [3] [14]
Construction began on Woodfield Mall in October 1969 [9] and the mall opened on September 9, 1971, with 59 stores, growing to 189 stores with 1.9 million retail square feet by 1973, along with a 135-foot (41 m) water tower to supply water to the mall and the nearby village. It was the largest mall in the United States at the time of its opening.
In 1966, a warehouse was built, and in 1970, a second addition was added to the store. A new building was finished and opened in September 1976. In 1999, a new store, warehouse and corporate office consisting of 210,000 square feet was opened across the highway from the old store. The old store and warehouse were donated to the Catholic Charities.
Bergner's closed at the mall after the Christmas 1989 shopping season, due to the space being too small for a full-line department store. [15] Maurices and other stores repurposed the former Bergner's space. [16] Kmart moved to a larger store outside the mall in 1993; one year later, Sears moved from its existing location to the former Kmart. [17]
Abt Electronics is an independent family-owned retailer in the United States of consumer electronics, major appliances, and furniture.Abt operates 880,000 square feet at a single location in Glenview, Illinois, on 70 acres (280,000 m 2) of land ("... 1,200-employee.. 350,000-square-foot location on 37 acres...2015 [1]), and online since 1997. [2]