Stein Mart (NASDAQ: SMRT)is an American chain of epartment stores based in Jacksonville, Florida. The company reported over $1.5 billion in sales in its 2006 year and that it has 268 stores with 14,500 employees in 30 states plus Washington, DC. Stein Mart has locations in most of the Southern, Midwestern, Mid-Atlantic, and Southwestern United States.