Dating from the turn of the twentieth century, Stein Mart has been serving customers with great prices and outstanding service. Originally a store located in Greenville, Mississippi selling general department store merchandise, Stein Mart developed into a discount store by purchasing cancelled items and overstocked items from clothing manufacturing mills. Sam Stein is said to have believed that a successful store will have something special about it. Stein Mart since became special by offering clothing for men and women at low prices.
The focus on clothing proved to be quite appropriate considering the economic depression of those times. People needing clothes at low prices became the customers Stein Mart needed to get through those difficult times. The textile manufacturing base of the south provided a great source for nearby merchandise that Stein Mart could sell at a discount.
Although almost everyone now has heard about Stein Mart, the store had only its one original location in Greenville, Mississippi all the way until 1977 when they first undertook expansion. Spurred by the buyers’ market following the war in Korea, Stein Mart went after department store customers by demonstrating that they could save 25% to 60% off the full priced clothing they were accustomed to buy.
By 1996, Stein Mart had over 120 stores and its expansion across the country was well under way, and its focus was shifting towards low price designer clothes in stores with good ambience. Demographic data was routinely studied as part of the selection process for new store locations, a technique that proved to contribute to Stein Mart’s dramatic success.
With all its growth, Stein Mart has not forgotten its responsibility to the communities it serves. In thirty states, Stein Mart donates new clothing to the poor through local charities. These clothes go to families that have experienced crisis and are in need of the basic needs of life as well as help regaining their self esteem and social bearings. The primary avenue used to accomplish this effort is the Dignity U Wear non-profit project. Stein Mart regularly helps raise funds for Dignity U Wear and also helps identify the best agencies available to distribute the clothing.
Stein Mart makes coupons available to its customers via their online web site. All you have to do is visit the URL http://www.steinmart.com/coupons.stml and you will have printable Stein Mart Coupons that you can use for your next purchase. If you have a Stein Mart preferred customer number, you can type it into the box provide and you will be treated to even more specials and discounts available from Stein Mart.