Goody’s Clothing Store, 2400 S. Main, is selling all current merchandise and transitioning to the name of Gordman’s.

The timeline is to sell the merchandise by late winter, then there will be a grand re-opening, Melinda Goff, manager of the Fort Scott Goody’s, said.

Goody’s will close March 9 and re-open as Gordman’s on March 21, according to Bria Lundy, Public Relations Director with Stage Stores, the parent company of Goody’s. “We will open 37 Gordman’s stores in March 2019, Fort Scott will be one of them.”

“We will still have the same staff,” Goff said. “Currently, twelve staff, two full time.”

“All current employees have been offered a job there,” Lundy said.

There will be a job fair at the store on Feb. 19, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Lundy said.

Information taken from the Gordman’s website http://corporate.stage.com/ 

“GORDMANS VISION STATEMENT:
Thrill every guest with fun finds and exciting deals.

• Corporate Headquarters located in Houston, Texas

• In 42 states across the US with approximately 800 specialty BEALLS, GOODY’S, PALAIS ROYAL, PEEBLES and STAGE specialty department stores and 68 GORDMANS off-price stores

• Average specialty department store size is 18,200 selling square feet and average off-price store is 55,000

• Fiscal
  

  Year 2016 sales of $1.4 Billion

• Approximately 14,500 employees

• Refreshed over 200 of our top volume stores in 2015 and 2016″