Stage Stores Inc.

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Stage Stores, Inc.

Type	Public (NYSE: SSI)
Founded	1988
Headquarters	Houston, Texas
Key people	James Scarborough, CEO and Chairman
Industry	Retail
Products	Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.
Website	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 656 stores under the Bealls,^* 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.

^*Bealls stores owned by Stage Stores are not related to a chain of department stores in Florida that operate under the Bealls name.

[edit] 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.^[1]

C.R. Anthony Co. (Montana, Idaho, Oregon, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, 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) Acquired 1998, all 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.