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Bon-Ton Stores

The Bon-Ton Stores was a regional department store chain in the United States that operated stores across the Midwest, Northeast, and upper Great Plains. Founded in 1898 in York, Pennsylvania, the company sold apparel, accessories, cosmetics, home furnishings, and other merchandise under banners including Bon-Ton, Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson's, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's, and Younkers. The company filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations in 2018.

Bon-Ton Stores is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Apparel, Cosmetics, Department Stores, Defunct, and Home Furnishings.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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ApparelCosmeticsDepartment StoresDefunctHome FurnishingsRetail

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Bon Ton Stores Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Press 5

Recent news and press coverage referencing this provider.

Bon-Ton closing two Lehigh Valley-area stores

2026-05-25

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. Announces Going Out of ...

2026-05-25

Bon-Ton closing all stores – Wilkes-Barre ...

2026-05-25

Carson's Joins Retailers With Online Revival

2026-05-25

Starcom Wins Bon-Ton Media Duties 10/13/2011

2026-05-25

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 About
About

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bon-ton-stores
name: Bon-Ton Stores
description: The Bon-Ton Stores was a regional department store chain in the United States that operated stores across the
  Midwest, Northeast, and upper Great Plains. Founded in 1898 in York, Pennsylvania, the company sold apparel, accessories,
  cosmetics, home furnishings, and other merchandise under banners including Bon-Ton, Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson's, Elder-Beerman,
  Herberger's, and Younkers. The company filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations in 2018.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bon-ton-stores.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bon-ton-stores/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Apparel
- Cosmetics
- Department Stores
- Defunct
- Home Furnishings
- Retail
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bon-ton-stores-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-bonton
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bonton.com
- type: About
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon-Ton
- name: Properties
  type: Properties
  data:
  - name: Bon-Ton
    description: Primary brand banner operated by the company.
    features:
    - Department Store
    - Apparel
    - Accessories
    - Cosmetics
  - name: Bergner's
    description: Department store banner operated in Illinois.
    features:
    - Department Store
    - Regional Brand
  - name: Boston Store
    description: Department store banner operated in Wisconsin.
    features:
    - Department Store
    - Regional Brand
  - name: Carson's
    description: Department store banner operating in the Midwest.
    features:
    - Department Store
    - Regional Brand
  - name: Elder-Beerman
    description: Department store banner operated in Ohio and surrounding states.
    features:
    - Department Store
    - Regional Brand
  - name: Herberger's
    description: Department store banner in the upper Midwest.
    features:
    - Department Store
    - Regional Brand
  - name: Younkers
    description: Department store banner in Iowa and surrounding states.
    features:
    - Department Store
    - Regional Brand
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kinlane@gmail.com