Stage Stores Adds Steele's

Houston-based specialty retail chain Stage Stores Inc. is launching an off-price concept store aimed at “small-town America.”

Steele’s is offering apparel, accessories, shoes and home deacute;cor items for 30 percent to 60 percent below department-store prices. The first Steele’s store opens Nov. 1 in Beeville, Texas; Bastrap, La.; and Minden, La.

The company plans to open up to 35 Steele’s stores next year.