These are the deals to be had now at Younkers' everything-must-go liquidation sale

The liquidation company dismantling Younkers stores said the sale should be finished and the stores closed in the "next several weeks."

The store-closing sale began today at 212 Bon-Ton Stores Inc. locations, including four Younkers stores in the Des Moines metro.

"We will work to quickly sell through all of Bon-Ton’s merchandise,” said Michael McGrail, chief operating officer of Tiger Capital Group. “We expect merchandise to sell very quickly.”

At the Jordan Creek Town Center store in West Des Moines, Younkers staff were still putting up discount signs Friday morning. The entire store was discounted, including:

All cosmetics, fragrances, sheets, towels, men's clothing and shoes were marked down 10 percent.

Luggage, purses and women's designer clothing brands like Michael Kors, Ivanka Trump and Tommy Hilfiger were marked down 20 percent.

All jewelry was marked 20 to 30 percent off.

All clearance items were marked down an additional 30 percent.

Prices were similar at the Valley West Mall store, the largest Younkers location in the metro area. Traffic was steady early Friday afternoon, though several people said they were just there to glimpse the state of the sale rather than seriously shop.

One man complained that prices at the liquidation sale were actually higher than normal because the store was no longer accepting coupons, a Younkers mainstay for years. Stores stopped accepting Younkers credit cards. Merchandise can be paid for with cash or non-store credit card.

While the stores are still staffed with Younkers employees, signs of the imminent demise are starting to accumulate. At Jordan Creek, staffers piled bedding onto metal wire shelves placed haphazardly on the sales floor.

At Valley West, the entire Chanel counter was already cleaned out early Friday afternoon and empty eyeglass displays and waiting room-style chairs were crammed between the escalators.

The Merle Hay Mall Younkers store has a furniture department on the lower level that is included in the sale.

Liquidation companies Great American Group and Tiger Capital Group bought Bon-Ton for $775.5 million after Bon-Ton declared bankruptcy in early February.

Bon-Ton, which operates stores under the names Younkers, Bon-Ton, Carson Pirie, Herberger's, Bergner's, Boston Store and Elder-Beerman, has stores in 23 states and employs about 23,000 people.