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Boscov's is an American department store founded by Solomon Boscov in 1911. The first store was in Reading, PA, and today 50 additional stores are spread throughout the Mid-Atlantic states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Delaware, and Virginia.
Boscov's, the largest family-owned department store in the United States, 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 J.C. Penney, Macy's and Sears. The stores feature merchandise not normally seen in modern department stores, such as toys, greeting cards, and candy.
The current company chairman is Kenneth S. Lakin, who took the job upon the retirement of Albert R. Boscov.
Boscov's, along with Belk, is one of the last family-owned department store chains in the United States. Many of the stores still offer many of the traditional service departments that others have given up years ago, such as a customer service desk, candy department, toy department, sporting goods, optical, travel bureau. Eight stores include in-store restaurants called The Greenery.
Boscov's still operates two downtown department stores in Binghamton, NY, and Wilkes-Barre, PA.
The company, along with Philadelphia station WPVI-TV, is an annual title sponsor of the 6abc Boscov's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia, having taken over when Gimbels Department Stores went out of business.






