Palais Royal was an American chain of department stores, owned by

Stage Stores, Inc. Stage Stores was a department store company specializing in retailing off-price brand name apparel, accessories, cosmetics, footwear, and housewares throughout the United States. Stores were usually located in shopping malls and centers or in s ...

and headquartered in Houston, TX, that specialized in retailing brand name apparel, accessories, cosmetics, footwear, and housewares. Brands exclusively found at Palais Royal include Valerie Stevens, Signature Studio, Sun River, Rustic Blue, Rebecca Malone, Wishful Park.

History

The company was founded in 1921 by Isadore Erlich in Shreveport, Louisiana. Upon his death in 1968, his wife, Moselle Erlich (Pollack), took over the presidency. She relinquished the post to Bernard Fuchs in 1979 and was elected chairman. The stores were bought by Wellan's of

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in 1985. In 1994, the company was purchased by

Stage Stores Stage Stores was a department store company specializing in retailing off-price brand name apparel, accessories, cosmetics, footwear, and housewares throughout the United States. Stores were usually located in shopping malls and centers or in s ...

, formerly known as Specialty Retailers Inc., the current owner of the stores. In 2019, it was announced that parent company Stage Stores Inc planned to convert all Palais Royal stores to the

Gordmans Gordmans (stylized as gordmans) was a retailer founded in Omaha, Nebraska. The chain is owned by BrandX as of May 2022. In 2019, Stage Stores began converting other retail chains it owned into Gordmans stores, with the goal of having 700 Gordmans ...

banner, along with Stage Stores' other chains. On May 10, 2020, Stage announced it had filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and that it would liquidate all locations, Palais Royal and

included, unless a buyer could be found for the chain. No buyer had been found, and going out of business sales had begun at all locations.

References

External links

Official website
(Archive)
A complete company profile from Reuters
Department stores of the United States Companies based in Houston American companies established in 1921 1921 establishments in Louisiana 2020 disestablishments in Louisiana Retail companies established in 1921 Retail companies disestablished in 2020 Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2020 {{US-retail-company-stub