founded lawrenceville virginia 1891 products apparel accessories cosmetics footwear and housewares parent stage stores inc. website www.stagestores.com peebles is a united states chain of department stores owned by stage stores inc. and headquartered in houston tx . peebles operates stores mostly in small to medium sized areas of the eastern and upper midwestern united states areas of alabama mississippi georgia north carolina tennessee kentucky virginia florida west virginia ohio indiana michigan illinois wisconsin minnesota iowa pennsylvania maryland delaware new jersey new york connecticut massachusetts new hampshire and vermont . the store specializes in retailing desirable brand name men s women s and children s apparel accessories cosmetics footwear and housewares.brands exclusively found at peebles include valerie stevens signature studio sun river rustic blue rebecca malone and wishful park . a peebles store in alpena michigan contents 1 history 2 references 3 further reading 4 external links history edit the company s first store was opened in lawrenceville virginia in 1891 by w.s. peebles sr. the company s founder . 1 peebles acquired the nine store harvey s department stores chain in september 1988 . 2 in 1998 peebles purchased watson s a similar chain based in knoxville tennessee later renaming all the watson s stores as peebles . houston based stage stores purchased peebles for 167 million in cash and 46.9 million in debt in 2003 . 3 4 references edit peebles company history business brief investcorp . the wall street journal . 20 september 1988 . retrieved 21 january 2016 via proquest . subscription required help . stage stores to buy east coast retailer for 167m . houston business journal . 7 october 2003 . retrieved 21 january 2016 . retailer peebles to be acquired for 167 million plus debt . the wall street journal . 8 october 2003 . retrieved 21 january 2016 via proquest . subscription required help . further reading edit external links edit official website funding universe peebles retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title peebles store & oldid 743465892 categories 1891 establishments in virginiabrunswick county virginiacompanies based in houstoncompanies established in 1891department stores of the united stateseconomy of the midwestern united statesmecklenburg county virginiahidden categories pages containing links to subscription only contentpages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 19 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view