Bealls (Texas-based department store)
3 Bealls Holding Corp. /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.
Logo until 2020 | |
Trade name | Bealls |
|---|---|
| Company type | Department store |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1923 Henderson, Texas |
| Defunct | 2020 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Headquarters | Houston, Texas |
| Products | Apparel, accessories, cosmetics, footwear, and housewares |
| Parent | Stage Stores (1988–2020) BrandX.com (2022-present) |
| Website | Archived official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index) |
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. 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.