Elder-Beerman

The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp.
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Retail
Predecessor	Boston Dry Goods Store (1883–1896); Elder & Johnston Company (1896–1945); Beerman Stores (1945–1962);
Founded	1883 in Dayton, Ohio
Founders	Arthur Beerman; Thomas Elder; William Hunter Jr.; Russell Johnston
Fate	Bankruptcy
Headquarters	Dayton, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	31 (2011)
Products	Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.
Parent	The Bon-Ton (2003–2018) CSC Generation (2018-2021) BrandX.com (2021-Present)
Website	elder-beerman.com

The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp., commonly known as Elder-Beerman, was an American chain of department stores founded in 1883 and whose last stores closed in 2018. The chain, based primarily in the Midwestern United States, was composed of 31 stores in eight states at the time of its liquidation in 2018, and peaked around 2003 with 68 stores and $670 million in annual sales.^[2]^{[failed verification]}

^ 2011 Annual Report (PDF) (Report). The Bon-Ton Stores. January 28, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
^ Garbe, Will; Driscoll, Kara (April 17, 2018). "The rise and fall of Elder-Beerman: A timeline of Dayton's dying store". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

[1] 2011 Annual Report (PDF) (Report). The Bon-Ton Stores. January 28, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.

[2] Garbe, Will; Driscoll, Kara (April 17, 2018). "The rise and fall of Elder-Beerman: A timeline of Dayton's dying store". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

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