Boscov’s CEO and vice chairman, Jim Boscov, said in a statement that his uncle died Friday of cancer at his home in Reading, Pa., “surrounded by his loving wife and three daughters.” Albert Boscov was credited with driving the growth of the business established by his father in 1914 to sales in excess of $1 billion and employing more than 7,500 people. The chain’s website lists 45 stores in Pennsylvania and six other states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Ohio.
