High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Von Maur is an mid-range specialty department store chain with stores located in the Midwestern United States and newly expansion stores in the Southern United States. The chain, based in Davenport, Iowa, sells mid-priced brand-name apparel, accessories, cosmetics, gifts, jewelry and shoes. As of November 3, 2008, the chain has 25 stores in ten states. New stores have recently opened in Louisville, Kentucky and most recently in St. Louis, Missouri. Missouri marked the chain`s entry into a tenth state and spreading into the midsouth. In 2011, another store will open in an Atlanta suburb and mark the company`s entrance into the Southeast region of the states. All of its stores are anchors of shopping malls or lifestyle centers. A hallmark of some of the Von Maur services are a no-interest bearing credit card account, free shipping and free gift wrapping offered every day. Another signature element of Von Maur stores is a live pianist who performs for customers during normal business hours. It competes on the same level as Nordstrom and Lord & Taylor.