READING — Pennsylvania-based retailer Boscov's said it will add 240 new jobs across its 39-store chain over the next year.

Company officials said they are adding staff to improve customer service four months after the retailer emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The store in Clearview Mall in Center Township will get some of these new hires starting in February and continuing throughout the year, according to Ed Elko, Boscov's senior vice president of human resources.

The amount of sales increases will determine how many new hires each store will get, Elko said.

However, he said it has not been determined how many new workers will be hired in each store.

Reading-based Boscov's got approval in September for a plan that saved the company from liquidation. Albert Boscov, the son of the company's founder, led an ownership team that took control of the company.

The chain closed 10 stores after filing for bankruptcy in late 2008, shedding about 1,300 jobs.

Boscov's employs about 6,800 workers at stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware.