Stage Stores Provides COVID-19 Business Update

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stage Stores, Inc. (NYSE: SSI) (“Stage” or the “Company”) today announced a series of steps the Company is taking to reduce costs and preserve liquidity in response to increasingly challenging market conditions and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. These steps include: Temporarily closing all 738 of its stores at 6 p.m. local time today. Prior to today’s closings, the Company had approximately 393 stores closed in compliance with state and local regulations. The Com