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/PRNewswire/ -- Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions derived from transaction-rich data, today announced its Retail Services business has agreed to acquire the private label credit card portfolio of The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: BONT). As previously announced, Alliance Data will also manage the retailer's private label credit card program. The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. operates 272 stores in 23 states across the Northeast, Midwest, and upper Great Plains, under the nameplates of: Bon-Ton, Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson's, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's, Younkers, and Parisian (in the Detroit area). A broad assortment of national-

Goodwill and The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090716/DC47803LOGO) For each item of clothing or textile donated, shoppers will receive a discount coupon that can be used online or at any Bon-Ton, Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson's, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's, Younkers, and Parisian stores to purchase women's, men's and children's apparel, shoes, handbags, and more at a 20 percent discount, and cosmetics and fragrances at a 15 percent discount. Customers who donate during the Goodwill Sale can also take pride in knowing that

Announces Three New Product License Partners Covering Luggage, Watches and Eyewear LEXINGTON, Mass., Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sperry Top-Sider, the leading nautical performance and lifestyle footwear brand and inventor of the world's first boat shoe, continues to build on its market momentum through strategic product category expansion beyond footwear. Today the company said it has signed three additional new license agreements to expand Sperry Top-Sider branded products into the categories of luggage, watches and eyewear. The new product collections will launch in Spring 2013 in the brand's wholly owned Sperry Top-Sider specialty retail stores located