Tony Buccina

The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. vice chairman Tony Buccina will retire in Feb. 2013 after being with the company for more than 20 years. Buccina was Bon-Ton’s vice chairman and president of merchandising. The announcement of Buccina’s retirement is joined by the company’s announcement that Luis Fernandez will become its first executive vice president and chief marketing officer starting on May 7. Fernandez, 44, is joining Bon-Ton after serving as a vice president at Neiman Marcus Group. The retailer...

The Bon-Ton Stores Inc.'s September revenue at stores open at least a year dropped 3.6 percent, with weak performances from its furniture, traditional ladies' sportswear and intimate apparel categories. This figure is a key indicator of a retailer's health because it excludes results from stores recently opened or closed. Bon-Ton, which runs department stores and furniture galleries, said Thursday that its results were also hurt by increased prices on some of its ladies' and men's clothing. The higher prices were prompted by cost increases, Tony Buccina, vice chairman and president for merchandising, said in a statement. Many clothing companies

NEW YORK -- Bon-Ton Stores Inc. said Thursday that its December sales at stores open at least one year rose 0.1%. Total sales for the five weeks ended Jan. 1 fell 0.1% to $511 million. Tony Buccina, vice chairman and president of merchandising, said that Bon-Ton estimated that severe snow storms affected sales by 1.5 to 2 percentage points. Copyright © 2011 MarketWatch, Inc.