The first Eckard’s store began in 1960, when Mr. Eckard moved off the family farm and opened his first operation as a hardware store in Stanberry, Missouri. The business later evolved into selling home improvement items like carpet, wallpaper, and kitchen tile.
The family business expanded with the opening of a second store in Creston, Iowa, in 1973. In 1985, they opened a store in St. Joseph, Missouri, and in 1993, they expanded to Des Moines, Iowa.
Eckard’s Flooring later expanded to Savannah, Georgia, after Dane Eckard graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Today there are five stores serving the specific needs of their own community, with flooring as the core business.
