PERU – Bergner’s in Peru is seeing its last days. The retail giant, whose first store opened in Peoria in 1889, will be closing its doors forever on Wednesday, August 29th. Bergner’s parent company The Bon Ton Stores, which operated more than 260 department stores under several banners nationwide, filed for bankruptcy in February and ended up selling its assets to liquidators in April after a final bid to save the company failed.
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