UNITED STATES
                                   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


   DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE            `
                               `
                                                            April 6, 2020




D. Hunt Hawkins
Chief Executive Officer
Stein Mart, Inc.
1200 Riverplace Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32207

        Re:      Stein Mart, Inc.
                 Amendment No. 1 to preliminary merger proxy statement on
Schedule 14A
                 Filed on April 3, 2020 by Stein Mart, Inc.
                 File No. 000-20052
                 Schedule 13E-3/A
                 Filed on April 3, 2020 by Stein Mart, Inc., et al.
                 File No. 005-43686

Dear Mr. Hawkins:

       We have reviewed the above-captioned filings, and have the following
comments. All
defined terms used herein have the same meaning as in the proxy statement filed
under cover of
Schedule 14A. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
information so we
may better understand your disclosure.

       Please respond to this letter by amending your filings, by providing the
requested
information or by advising us when you will provide the requested response. If
you do not
believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances, or do not believe
an amendment is
appropriate, please tell us why in your response.

       After reviewing any amendment to your filings, and any information you
provide in
response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

Schedule 13E-3/A

     1. Please see comment 4 in our comment letter dated March 23, 2020.
Although we note
        the exhibit index has been revised to include the Company's most recent
annual report
        on Form 10-K and quarterly report on Form 10-Q, General Instruction F
of Schedule
        13E-3 also requires an express reference to such documents in answer to
the relevant
        item. Accordingly, please revise Item 13 to include an express
reference to the financial
        information that is being incorporated by reference from those periodic
reports.
 D. Hunt Hawkins
c/o Stein Mart, Inc.
April 6, 2020
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Amendment No. 1 to preliminary merger proxy statement on Schedule 14A

    2. Please see comment 5 in our last comment letter dated March 23, 2020. As
noted in that
       comment, the legend required by Rule 13e-3(e)(1)(iii) is required to
appear on the
       outside front cover page of the disclosure document that must be
distributed to
       unaffiliated security holders under the federal securities laws. As the
Notice of Special
       Meeting of Shareholders is not a required disclosure under the federal
securities laws,
       please revise the submission to ensure that the legend appears on the
outside front cover
       page of a federally-mandated disclosure document (i.e., the proxy
statement).

    3. The response to comment 15 in our comment letter dated March 23, 2020
represents that
       the shares were released from escrow pursuant to a request made by
Parent and Mr.
       Stein for the purpose of subjecting those shares to the provisions of
the voting
       agreement. In light of the stated intentions of the parties in effecting
this transaction,
       please clarify the legal basis for concluding that the release of those
shares from escrow
       does not constitute "a transaction effected with a view to increasing
the probability of
       success or reducing the aggregate expense of, or otherwise facilitating"
the merger. See
       Question and Answer 4 in Release No. 34-17719 (April 13, 1981).


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        We remind you that the filing persons are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of
their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of
action by the staff.

        Please direct any questions to Valian Afshar, Special Counsel, at (202)
551-8729, or me,
at (202) 551-3266.


                                                            Sincerely,

                                                            /s/ Nicholas P.
Panos

                                                            Nicholas P. Panos
                                                            Senior Special
Counsel
                                                            Office of Mergers
and Acquisitions



cc: John J. Wolfel, Esq.