Bealls (Texas-based department store)

For the current Florida-based chain with the same name, see Bealls (Florida-based department store).
Bealls
Bealls
Company typeDepartment store
IndustryRetail
Founded1923 (101 years ago) (1923) Henderson, Texas
HeadquartersHouston, Texas
ProductsApparel, accessories, cosmetics, footwear, and housewares
ParentStage Stores (1988–2020)
BrandX.com (2022-present)
Websitehttps://stores.bealls.com/tx/

Bealls /ˈbɛlz/ was a Texan chain of department stores, owned by Stage Stores Inc. and headquartered in Houston, Texas. The store specialized in retailing desirable brand name apparel, accessories, cosmetics, footwear, and housewares.

On May 11, 2020, it was announced that Stage had filed for bankruptcy and they soon began liquidating all locations.

The chain overlapped with the Florida-based Bealls chain, although the two were not related. In markets where the two chains overlapped, the Florida chain operates as Burkes Outlet instead.[1] However, on October 21, 2020, as part of winding-down its operations, Stage sold its intellectual property, including the national rights to use the Bealls name, to the Florida Bealls for $7 million. Bealls also acquired the rights to the names of Stage's other chains, all of its private label brands and customer lists, and a distribution center in Jacksonville, Texas.[2]

  1. ^ "faq". Archived from the original on May 31, 2007.
  2. ^ "A&G Completes Bankruptcy Sale of Stage Stores' Texas Distribution Center and Other Real Estate Assets". PRNewsire (Press release). October 21, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2020.