Bealls, Inc. is a Florida-based retail corporation with headquarters located in Bradenton, Florida. Since its founding in 1915, the family-owned corporation now operates more than 650 stores under the names of Bealls, Bealls Florida, Home Centric and Rugged Earth Outfitters.[2]
Bealls Florida was not affiliated with the Texas-based Bealls chain (formerly owned by Stage Stores), although the two brands overlapped in some markets with Bealls Outlet using the name Burkes Outlet where they overlapped. In 2020, Bealls bought Stage Stores intellectual property and acquired the rights to the Bealls name nationwide. They also acquired the rights to all of Stage's different chains, private labels, customer lists and a distribution center in Jacksonville, Texas. In 2022 they sold the rights to the Stage Stores chains (excluding Bealls) to BrandX.[3][4]
History
In 1915, 22-year-old Robert M. Beall Sr. opened a dry goods store in Bradenton, Florida called "Dollar Limit" he invested his entire savings in merchandise and empty wooden packing crates were used as the display tables.