To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple. A unit of length used in surveying, equal to 0.01 chain, 7.92 inches, or about 20.12 centimeters. An interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data.
Sale to The Bon-Ton. Carson's and its associated stores became part of The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. in a $1.1 billion deal completed on March 6, 2006. The group's merchandising and marketing base remains in Milwaukee. Bon-Ton converted Elder-Beerman stores in Indiana and Michigan to the newly shortened Carson's name in 2011 and 2012. The chain expanded into Metro Detroit in 2013 with the conversion of three Parisian stores.
Bon-Ton has around 650 employees in its corporate offices, which are located mainly on the upper floors of the Boston Store building, 331 W. Wisconsin Ave. The company has around 100 jobs at the downtown Boston Store, which is on the building's first two floors.