They also acquired the rights to all of Stage's different chains, private labels, customer lists and a distribution center in Jacksonville, Texas.

[3][4] In 1915, 22-year-old Robert M. Beall Sr. 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.

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.

Hard hit and unable to pay his debts, Robert Beall lost his business to the bank.

Bealls continued to grow into new communities and adopt new technologies, introducing in-store kiosks and launching their website in 1998.

Bealls' growth philosophy was to self-finance; staying within the limits of its operating cash, and keeping its debt load low.

Following the sale of the old downtown store, the proceeds were used to establish a charitable foundation named for the founder.

Bealls is a longtime contributor to the United Way and to agencies that help young people and education.