The store stood on the corner of Adams at Fulton streets across from the then-rival, Block & Kuhl Company.

Between 1961 and 1973, the Sheridan Village location sold the most merchandise per square foot of any department store in the United States.

During the 1970s, the chain opened several additional locations in Pekin, Bloomington, Decatur, Champaign, Galesburg, Quincy and Peru.

[3] In April 2003, after the four-year process of the "Shoppes at Grand Prairie" lifestyle center development, Bergner's opened a new location serving as their flagship and it was the largest department store south of Chicago and north of St. Louis.

[6] Maus Frères SA, based in Geneva, Switzerland, acquired the company after the younger Bergner's death and gave the store its unique red logo of six hexagons, an emblem Bergner's now shares with five corporate siblings as well as two current Maus subsidiaries.

In memory of the long history of Bergner's to that location, the cornerstone of the red rock building is still on display outside the entrance to the college.

[8][9] On September 10, 2018, of Merrillville, Indiana–based CSG Generation acquired all trademark and intellectual property assets of The Bon-Ton (York, Pa.).

[10] Subsequently, in early 2021, CSC Generation sold all the acquired assets of Bon-Ton to New York-based BrandX.com, Inc in a private sale.