Stage Stores Inc.

Infobox_Company
company_name = Stage Stores, Inc.
company_| company_type = Public (NYSE: [http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=SSI SSI] )
foundation = 1988
location = Houston, Texas
key_people = James Scarborough, CEO and Chairman
industry = Retail
products = Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.
homepage = [http://www.stagestores.com/ www.stagestores.com]

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.

Acquisitions

Stage Stores, Inc. has acquired many stores over the years, including the following:

* Fashion Bar (Colorado, Wyoming). Acquired in 1992, all stores converted to Stage.

* Beall-Ladymon (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi). Acquired in 1994, all stores converted to Stage.

* Milliken, Uhlman's (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio). Acquired in 1996. In addition to the Uhlman's name, Uhlman's operated Milliken's stores in Michigan. All were re-named Stage, except for the former Milliken's stores in Michigan, which were re-named Stage-Milliken. [ [http://record-eagle.com/2001/jan/04mill.htm Stage/Milliken closing in next three months] , "Traverse City Record-Eagle", January 4, 2001.]

* C. R. Anthony Co. (Montana, Idaho, Oregon, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Wyoming) Acquired 1997, most stores converted to Stage, while some Anthony's, such as those located in Amarillo, Texas, became Bealls locations.

* Tri-North (Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington) Most of these locations operated as Hub Clothing Stores before the 1998 acquisition, when all 15 stores converted to Stage

* B.C. Moore & Sons, Inc., (Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina). Acquired February 2006. By November 2006, 69 of these 76 stores were converted to the Peebles name and format, and the other nine were closed.

References

External links

* [http://www.stagestores.com Stage official website]
* [http://www.Beallstx.com Bealls official website]
* [http://www.PalaisRoyal.com Palais Royal official website]
* [http://www.peebles.com/ Peebles official website]