The first Leggett store opened in Lynchburg, Virginia in November 1927. The founding Leggett brothers began an association with Belk through the opening of Belk-Leggett stores in 1920. After their split, they maintained ties with Belk by continuing to open and operate the Belk-Leggett stores. In 1955, a branch of B-L in Chapel Hill, North Carolina opened, named Belk-Leggett-Horton. This branch would close in 1980.
Leggett received a matching rebrand to Belk's, introducing it two months after theirs on May 1, 1968. Leggett was acquired by Belk in November 1996. It was decided in January 1997 that the remaining 37 Leggett locations would be sold off or converted into Belk stores in the coming months.
