stein mart, inc. (stein mart) is a national retailer offering the fashion merchandise, service and presentation of a department or specialty store. the company offers fashion apparel for women and men, as well as accessories, shoes and home fashions. it operated 278 stores in 29 states as of november 12, 2015. its typical store is approximately 35,000 gross square feet with a racetrack design, centralized check-out, and individual dressing rooms. the company’s stores offer a range of services, such as liberal merchandise return policy, merchandise locator service, a preferred customer program, co-branded credit card and private label credit card programs, and electronic gift cards. on november 12, 2015 stein mart completed its fall 2015 store opening program. new stores opened in coral springs fl, lady lake fl, brookhaven ga, newport news va, commack ny, rochester hills mi, phoenix az, rancho mirage ca and torrance ca. we also relocated our murrells inlet sc to south strand commons i