The Bon Marches On

Federated Department Stores (Cincinnati) has announced that it has acquired two locations from Gottschalks (Fresno, Calif.). The stores — in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Kennewick, Wash. — will be converted into Bon Marche units.

Remodeling will begin in August and the stores are scheduled to re-open by late fall.

“We are very excited about opening these new stores,” said Daniel Edelman, chairman of The Bon Marche division of Federated. “Federated continues to invest in our developing Northwest market.”

The Coeur d'Alene store, in the Silver Lake Mall, will occupy 44,000 square feet of retail space and operate as a full-line store. The Bon Marche will continue to operate its current resort location on Sherman Avenue in downtown Coeur d'Alene.

The 40,000-square-foot Kennewick store is in the Columbia Center Mall, where Bon Marche already has a store. Federated says it will serve as an expansion of the existing unit, offering enlarged assortments of men's and children's merchandise. The current store location will offer women's apparel and home merchandise, as well as cosmetics, accessories, intimate apparel and shoes.