Carson's to close after parent company fails to find buyer
CHICAGO - Carson's will shut down its department stores by late summer after more than 160 years in operation.
After parent company Bon-Ton Stores failed to find a bidder willing to keep the business going, a bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved the sale of the company's assets, including Carson's and other retail chains, to a joint venture of two liquidation firms and a group of company bondholders.
The flagship of Carson Pirie Scott was once among a full lineup of showy
