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Younkers Inc. (/ ˈ j ɒ ŋ k ər z /) [2] is an American online retailer and former department store chain founded as a family-run dry goods business in 1856 in Keokuk, Iowa. The retailer had evolved over more than 150 years to include a presence in locations throughout Iowa and bordering states in the Midwest region of the United States.
Yonkers (/ ˈ j ɒ ŋ k ər z / [5]) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of New York and the most-populous city in Westchester County.A centrally located municipality within the New York metropolitan area, Yonkers had a population of 211,569 at the 2020 United States census. [6]
The newly acquired store group included Carson Pirie Scott, later branded as Carson's, Bergner's, Boston Store, Herberger's, and Younkers. [ 7 ] In September 2006, The Bon-Ton purchased four Parisian stores (plus one under construction) from Belk , which had just purchased the chain; the stores were located in Michigan , Indiana , and Ohio ...
Younkers was founded in Keokuk, Iowa in 1856. They opened their first store in Des Moines in 1874 and moved their headquarters to Des Moines in 1879. Their flagship store moved to this location in November 1899. [2]
Younkers was known for catering to a wide variety of income levels with a "bargain-basement" for low income customers seeking value and a tearoom for more discriminating customers. [1] By 1910, they had over 500 employees. [1] Later renamed Younkers, the firm would expand to seven Midwestern states. [1]
H. C. Prange Co., sometimes shortened to Prange's, was an American department store chain begun by H. C. Prange in 1887 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.At its peak, it operated stores in the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan.
They made a deal with Younkers, another department store based out of Des Moines, and sold its chain to Younkers in 1987. Younkers kept 11 of the stores and converted them to the Younkers name. Younkers kept 11 of the stores and converted them to the Younkers name.
Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino, founded in 1899 as the Empire City Race Track, is a one-half-mile standardbred harness racing dirt track and slots racino located at the intersection of Central Park Avenue and Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers, New York, near the New York City border.