college of the arts . g. r. herberger s inc. type subsidiary industry retail founded 1927 headquarters minnesota united states number of locations 41 2011 1 products clothing footwear bedding furniture jewelry beauty products housewares owner the bon ton website http www.herbergers.com a herberger s location in minnesota with the old logo . herberger s is an upscale department store chain founded in 1927 with 41 locations throughout the midwest . the chain was sold in the late 1990s amid growing consolidation in the department store industry while continuing to operate as a separate nameplate and later sharing a corporate division headquartered in milwaukee wisconsin with carson pirie scott bergner s and other regional chains by the close of the century . history edit herberger s previous logo used until january 2004 . the store now shares the six hexagon logo carried by most bon ton divisions . herberger s began in osakis minnesota when g.r. bob herberger opened his first store in 1927 . herberger s was incorporated for the purpose of acquiring additional stores and expanding into other communities in 1943 . by 1972 it grew to 11 stores in four states with its headquarters in downtown st. cloud minnesota . g. r. herberger s inc. by then an employee owned company merged with proffitt s inc. in 1997 in stock deal valued at approximately 160 million . as proffitt s inc. evolved into saks incorporated with the company s acquisition of saks fifth avenue herberger s eventually became part of the corporation s northern department store group an assortment of store locations initially acquired by proffitt s inc. as carson pirie scott & company . on october 31 2005 saks announced that it was selling herberger s and its other northern department store group stores carson pirie scott bergner s boston store and younkers to bon ton stores in a 1.1 billion deal ; the transaction was completed on march 6 2006 . 2 references edit the bon ton stores inc. 2011 annual report http www.bonton.com investor relations pr030606.asp external links edit herberger s official website the bon ton stores inc. investor relations home page v t e the bon ton and predecessors 2000 present elder beerman 2003 bergner s 2005 boston store 2005 carson s 2005 herberger s 2005 younkers 2005 parisian 2006 2013 1990 1999 j.w. rhodes 1991 watt & shand 1992 1995 am & a s 1994 chappell s 1994 hess s 1994 1980 1989 maxwell s f. 1980s 1989 fowler s 1980s pomeroy s 1987 1948 1979 eyerly s 1948 1989 mcmeen s 1957 1969 stock symbol nasdaq bont website bonton.com partial acquisition ; f. founded retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title herberger % 27s & oldid 743559194 categories companies based in milwaukeeeconomy of the midwestern united stateseconomy of the northeastern united statesclothing retailers of the united statesdepartment stores of the united statesretail companies established in 19271927 establishments in the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 05 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view