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.
The parent company of Circle Centre mall anchor Carson's is in jeopardy of defaulting on its debt in the next year, according to Big Three credit ratings agency S&P Global Ratings, which this week downgraded the department store operator's outlook to negative.