founded 1883 dayton ohio headquarters ohio united states number of locations 42 2015 1 products clothing footwear bedding furniture jewelry beauty products and housewares . parent the bon ton website www.elder beerman.com former elder beerman location in centerville ohio elder beerman is a u.s. chain of department stores founded in 1883 and owned by the bon ton . the chain is based primarily in the united states midwest region . as of 2009 it comprises sixty three stores in eight states . contents 1 history 1.1 1999 and 2003 prototypes 1.2 today 2 references history edit in 1883 elder beerman history began when boston dry goods store opened in dayton ohio and was later incorporated under the name elder & johnston company . in 1930 after a short career with elder & johnston arthur beerman founder of elder beerman stores corp. branched out on his own and by 1945 beerman stores was incorporated . in 1953 beerman formed a partnership with max gutmann and together they established the bee gee shoe corporation which operated the el bee shoe outlets and shoebilee stores for many years before its sale . they also operated margo s specialty clothing stores . 2 3 former elder beerman logo used until 2006 in 1962 beerman stores merged with elder & johnston company to form elder beerman . for the next 20 years the elder beerman stores corp. grew to include furniture and home lines and the company expanded with new stores throughout western ohio and several surrounding states competing with its dayton rival rike kumler . after arthur beerman s death in 1970 max gutmann was promoted to chairman and chief executive officer . in 1985 herb glaser was named president and ceo of the department store division . with herb glaser as president gutmann and glaser developed the elder beerman franchise through the 1980s and early 1990s . when the company was forced to file for chapter 11 reorganization in 1995 max gutmann and herb glaser returned from retirement to turn the company around . during the bankruptcy frederick j. mershad asked to replace gutmann as chairman and chief executive officer . elder beerman has acquired three chains throughout its history cincinnati based mabley & carew in 1978 ; terre haute indiana based meis in 1989 ; 4 and wheeling west virginia based stone & thomas in 1998 . 5 1999 and 2003 prototypes edit in late 1999 elder beerman opened prototype stores in jasper indiana ; warsaw indiana now carson pirie scott ; and frankfort kentucky . these stores included service centers open stock cosmetic and shoe departments and courtesy telephones . four years later the chain opened smaller scale prototypes in dekalb illinois now carson pirie scott and muscatine iowa the latter being their first iowa location . these stores represented a new marketing strategy of operating smaller format stores in mid sized markets . today edit elder beerman was acquired by the bon ton in 2003 . at that point elder beerman had exited bankruptcy and was in discussions to go private when bon ton stepped in offering more cash for outstanding stock . in 2012 the bon ton began re branding several elder beerman stores to some of its other nameplates . several in michigan and indiana have been converted to carson s or younkers . 6 this re branding has reduced the number of elder beerman stores to 37 . 7 references edit 1 http nl.newsbank.com nl search we archives p product bl & p theme bl & p action search & p maxdocs 200 & p topdoc 1 & p text direct 0 0eb144e2d80fa619 & p field direct 0 document id & p perpage 10 & p sort ymd date d & s trackval googlepm https news.google.com newspapers id psgqaaaaibaj & sjid ueceaaaaibaj & pg 3382 36063 & dq el bee shoes elder beerman & hl en the elder beerman stores corp further reading international directory of company histories elder beerman buying stone & thomas . daily news record find articles at bnet.com http www.fwbusiness.com index.php option com content & view article & id 10955 http www.mlive.com business jackson lansing index.ssf 2012 09 elder beerman department store.html 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 ; 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