Herberger

Herberger's

''For the educational institution, see Herberger College of the Arts

Herberger's is a regional department store chain founded in 1927 in Osakis, Minnesota, United States. Herberger's operates 41 stores in nine states; more than one third of them are in Minnesota, where the chain maintained its headquarters for much of its history. 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. Since the spring of 2006, Herberger's has operated as the Minnesota/Great Plains regional component of York, Pennsylvania-based The Bon-Ton, a major department store operator throughout much of the northern United States. The chain's 41st location — in Blaine, Minnesota's Northtown Mall — opened on September 10, 2008. In the fall of 2009, the store count will drop to 40 as the Beaver Dam, Wisconsin location will close and replaced by a larger Boston Store within the same mall.

History

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 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.

Locations

Current

Colorado

Grand Junction: Mesa Mall

Iowa

Ottumwa: Quincy Place Mall ()

Montana

Billings: Rimrock Mall ()
Butte: Butte Plaza Mall
Great Falls: Holiday Village Mall (., replaced Montgomery Ward in 2000)
Havre: Holiday Village Mall ()
Kalispell: Kalispell Center Mall

Main store (., main store; replaced Montgomery Ward)
Juniors' store (replaced Woolworth)

Missoula: Southgate Mall

Main store (., replaced Lamonts in 1996)
Juniors' store (replaced Nordstrom in 1996)

Minnesota

Albert Lea: Northbridge Mall
Alexandria: Viking Plaza
Bemidji: Paul Bunyan Mall
Baxter: Westgate Mall
Blaine: Northtown Mall (., opened September 10, 2008 in former Mervyn's anchor space.
Store originally opened as Powers Dry Goods in 1972, Donaldson's 1985, Carson Pirie Scott 1987, Mervyn's 1995, closed July 2004)
Bloomington: Southtown Shopping Center (., replaced Montgomery Ward)
Fergus Falls: Westridge Mall
Mankato: River Hills Mall ()
Moorhead: Moorhead Center Mall (converted from Eckstein's in 1980)
New Ulm: Marketplatz Mall ()
Rochester: Apache Mall (opened October 2002) (., replaced Montgomery Ward, also replaced Carson Pirie Scott at Miracle Mile)
Roseville: Rosedale Center (., replaced Montgomery Ward)
St. Cloud: Centre Square (., flagship store)
St. Paul: Midway Marketplace (., replaced Montgomery Ward)
Stillwater: 2001 Washington ()
Virginia: Thunderbird Mall
Willmar: Kandi Mall

Main store ()
Home store ()

Nebraska

Hastings: Imperial Mall
Kearney: Hilltop Mall (replaced Wal-Mart)
Norfolk: Sunset Plaza
North Platte: Platte River Mall
Scottsbluff: Monument Mall

North Dakota

Bismarck: Kirkwood Mall ()
Dickinson: Prairie Hills Mall ()
Fargo: West Acres Shopping Center (., opened August 2, 1972 as O.J. deLendrecie’s.
Purchased in 1998 by Dillard's, then immediately sold to Saks Incorporated, who in turn branded the location as Herberger's.)
Minot: Dakota Square ()

South Dakota

Aberdeen: Lakewood Mall ()
Rapid City: Rushmore Mall ()
Watertown: Watertown Mall ()

Wisconsin

Beaver Dam: Heritage Village Shops, opened new March 1981, 35,000 sq. ft., store will close fall 2009 and replaced by a larger Boston Store in the same mall
La Crosse: Valley View Mall
Rice Lake: Cedar Mall

Wyoming

Rock Springs: White Mountain Mall

Former

Illinois

Urbana: Lincoln Square Mall (opened in 1964 as Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company, became Bergner's in 1991, closed in 1993, became Herberger's in 1994, reverted to Bergner's in 1999, store closed 2002, currently office building of Health Alliance.)