To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple. A unit of length used in surveying, equal to 0.01 chain, 7.92 inches, or about 20.12 centimeters. An interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data.
Sale to The Bon-Ton. Carson's and its associated stores became part of The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. in a $1.1 billion deal completed on March 6, 2006. The group's merchandising and marketing base remains in Milwaukee. Bon-Ton converted Elder-Beerman stores in Indiana and Michigan to the newly shortened Carson's name in 2011 and 2012. The chain expanded into Metro Detroit in 2013 with the conversion of three Parisian stores.
About BELK, INC. Belk is busy bulking up. Already the nation's largest family owned and operated department store chain, Belk operates about 300 stores in more than 16 states, following its purchase of the Parisian chain from Saks. Previously, Belk acquired Saks' McRae's and Proffitt's divisions.