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The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. Announces Senior Management Changes
2/7/2008

YORK, Pa., Feb 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: BONT) today announced senior management changes. John J. Gleason, Senior Vice President, Corporate Credit, announced his retirement effective February 16, 2008. H. Todd Dissinger, 50, was promoted to Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Risk Management and Credit and will continue to report to Keith E. Plowman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his promotion, Mr. Dissinger was Vice President, Treasurer and Risk Management.

Colleen M. Golomski, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, announced her retirement effective March 1, 2008. Denise M. Domian, 43, was promoted to Senior Vice President, Human Resource Operations and will continue to report to Dennis R. Clouser. Mr. Clouser, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, will assume responsibility for Corporate Procurement & Operations and Information Systems. Prior to Ms. Domian's promotion, she was Vice President, Employment.

Bud Bergren, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "I personally would like to thank John and Colleen for their years of dedicated service as key members of our senior management team and wish them the very best as they enter this new phase of their lives."

Mr. Bergren continued, "We are very fortunate to have someone like Todd on our staff to assume John's responsibilities, and we are pleased to announce his promotion to senior vice president. Todd has been a member of our management team since he joined Bon-Ton in 1997 and brings over 27 years of financial experience to this position. I am also extremely pleased to announce Denise's promotion to senior vice president in our Human Resource division. I had the privilege of working with Denise at Elder-Beerman, where she was Divisional Vice President, Human Resources. She brings over 20 years of retail experience, and specifically, expertise in the human resource arena to this position. I look forward to working with Todd and Denise as we realize our plans for future growth and enhance the return to our shareholders."

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. operates 280 stores, including ten 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, under the Parisian nameplate, three stores in the Detroit, Michigan area. The stores offer a broad assortment of brand-name fashion apparel and accessories for women, men and children, as well as cosmetics and home furnishings. For further information, please visit the investor relations section of the Company's website at http://investors.bonton.com.

Statements made in this press release, other than statements of historical information, are forward-looking and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in these statements. Factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to, risks related to retail businesses generally, additional competition from existing and new competitors, a decline in consumer confidence, weather conditions that could negatively impact sales, uncertainties associated with opening new stores or expanding or remodeling existing stores, risks related to the Company's integration of the business and operations comprising the acquired Carson's and Parisian stores, the ability to attract and retain qualified management, the dependence upon key vendor relationships and the ability to obtain financing for working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes. Additional factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ from those contained in these forward-looking statements are discussed in greater detail under Item 1A of the Company's Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SOURCE: The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.