Palais Royal (store)

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Palais Royal Inc.

Type	Department store
Founded	1921
Headquarters	Houston, Texas
Industry	Retail
Products	Clothing, footwear, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.
Website	www.palaisroyal.com

Palais Royal is a middle class small scale department store chain located within Texas and Louisiana, that carries largely women's wear. The company was founded in 1921 by Isadore Erlich in Shreveport, Louisiana. Upon his death in 1968, his wife, Moselle Erlich (Pollack), took over the presidency. She relinquished the post to Bernard Fuchs in 1979 and was elected chairman. The stores were bought by Wellan's of Alexandria, Louisiana in 1985 then again In 1989 by Stage Stores, also known as Specialty Retailers Inc. who owns the stores today. Stage stores also operates other stores throughout the southern and central United States under the names Stage, Bealls (Texas), and Peebles.