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Boscov's is an American department store founded by Solomon Boscov in 1914. The first store was in Reading, Pennsylvania, and today 44 stores are spread throughout the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Delaware, Ohio, and Connecticut. Boscov's, along with Belk, Von Maur and Dillard's, is one of the last family-owned department store chains in the United States, and has yearly revenue of over $1 billion. The chain of stores competes with the prices and products of The Bon-Ton. In some cities, Boscov's now competes with JCPenney, Macy's and Sears. The current company chairman is Albert Boscov. The company, along with Philadelphia station WPVI-TV, was an annual title sponsor of the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia from 1988 until 2007, having taken over when Gimbels Department Stores went out of business. After the company filed for bankruptcy, title sponsorship was taken over by Swedish Furniture and Housewares retailer IKEA, whose North American Home office has been in nearby Plymouth Meeting since 1982. Boscov's still operates three downtown department stores in Binghamton, New York; Scranton, Pennsylvania and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. == History == Solomon "Sol" Boscov was of Jewish descent, he emigrated to Reading, Pennsylvania in 1914.〔Berksiana. Charles Schuyler Castner. 1976. Page 321〕 He had $1.37 in cash on arrival in the United States.〔 He worked as a traveling salesman with an initial $8 worth of merchandise. Because he spoke Yiddish, he was able to converse with those people in Berks County who spoke Pennsylvania Dutch.〔 The first Boscov's was founded in downtown Reading as the Economy Shoe Store and Dry Goods Annex.〔Berksiana. Charles Schuyler Castner. 1976. Page 319〕 Boscov's began opening satellite stores in the Reading suburbs in the 1960s. As early as 1968, Boscov's had five stores, 2200 workers and annual sales exceeding $50 million.〔Berksiana. Charles Schuyler Castner. 1976. Page 323〕 Solomon Boscov retired and was succeeded by his son Albert "Albie" Boscov as head of the company in 1968.〔 Boscov's began opening stores in nearby counties, starting with the Lebanon, Pennsylvania, store in 1972. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boscov's」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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