Stage Stores, Inc. is a department store company specializing mostly in retailing
brand name clothing, accessories, cosmetics and footwear. The company operates
stores mainly in small and mid-size towns and communities, primarily in Midwestern,
Southeastern, and Mid-Atlantic states with a growing presence in the New
England states. Stage Stores is currently headquartered in Houston, Texas and operates
668 stores under the Bealls (no relation to the Bealls chain in Florida),
Palais Royal, Peebles and Stage nameplates.
In 2000, Stage Stores
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Closures part of the bankruptcy included most
of the former Fashion Bar, Milliken's, Tri-North, and Uhlman's stores, as well
as an exodus from Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Stage Stores, Inc. has acquired
many stores over the years, including the following: Fashion Bar (Colorado,
Wyoming), Beall-Ladymon (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi), Milliken,
Uhlman's (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio), C. R. Anthony Co. (Montana, Idaho,
Oregon, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Wyoming), Tri-North (Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, Oregon, Washington) , and StageB.C. Moore & Sons, Inc., (Georgia,
North Carolina, South Carolina). |
