After a few hits and misses, Bealls Outlet caught on rapidly. Beall having observed the growth of outlet stores in North Carolina, Bealls ventured into the off-price channel in 1987. Bealls Outlet logo Bealls Outlet The interior of a Bealls Outlet in Seffner, Florida.Į.R. In 2023, it was announced that Bealls would be rebranded to bealls nationwide, and all Bealls stores in Florida would be renamed as Bealls Florida. To customize its product line, Bealls opened its own design studio in 2004. Bealls' growth philosophy was to self-finance staying within the limits of its operating cash, and keeping its debt load low.

Bealls continued to grow into new communities and adopt new technologies, introducing in-store kiosks and launching their website in 1998. A year later, seven new stores enabled the chain to double its selling space. Beall II became president of the corporation-the third generation. developed the new chain while his father ran the original downtown store until just prior to his death in 1979.ĭuring the 1960s and 1970s Florida experienced amazing growth and Bealls stores grew with it. In 1957, the second Bealls Department store was opened in Bradenton's Westgate Shopping Center and a third store followed in 1961 at the Venice Shopping Center in Venice, Florida. Air conditioning and an influx of new residents in the 1950s began to transform the face of Florida. They christened the business Bealls Department Store. In 1946, Robert was joined by his son E.R. In 1944 after paying off his debts he managed to repurchase the company.īealls Stores Bealls (Florida) store in 2007. He stayed on as manager through the depression. Hard hit and unable to pay his debts, Robert Beall lost his business to the bank. The Florida boom ended in a few years, only to be followed by the stock market crash. Business prospered during the Florida land boom of the 1920s and in a few years Beall had purchased a vacant lot and built a new modern department store which opened in Christmas of 1924. In 1920 the store was renamed to V-Dollar Limit Store as the maximum price went up to five dollars. 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. However, in 2022 they sold the rights to the Stage Stores chains (excluding Bealls) to BrandX. They also acquired the rights to all of Stage's different chains, private labels, customer lists and a distribution center in Jacksonville, Texas. However, in 2020, Bealls bought Stage Stores intellectual property and acquired the rights to the Bealls name nationwide. īealls 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. ˈ b ɛ l z/ is an American 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.

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