The board of directors of the The Bon-Ton Stores Inc., parent company of Younkers, declared a cash dividend of 5 cents per share on the Class A common stock and common stock of the company payable Nov. 1 to shareholders of record as of Oct. 15.
The Bon-Ton Stores Inc., with corporate headquarters in York, Penn., and Milwaukee, Wis., operates 272 department stores, which includes 11 furniture galleries, in 23 states in the Northeast, Midwest and upper Great Plains under the Bon-Ton, Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson Pirie Scott, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's and Younkers nameplates and, in the Detroit area, under the Parisian nameplate.

