Fashions range from casual to formal wear.
Its stores also sell jewelry, bed and bath linens, and gift items. Independent firms lease its shoe and fragrance departments. Its upscale women's boutiques are staffed by socialites who work part-time to receive employee discounts. Russian immigrant Sam Stein founded Stein Mart in the early 1900s. The company had one store in Greenville, Mississippi, until 1977 and has grown rapidly since then.