LIVINGSTON, TX-Baskins Western Wear has plans to open eight new stores in the Lone Star State over the next 18 months.

With the addition of the new stores, the western apparel retailer, headquartered in Northeast Texas, will have 24 locations across the state. Each new store will range from 15,000 square feet to more than 20,000 square feet.

The apparel retailer recently inked four leases for stores in Lufkin, Texarkana, Corpus Christi, and Waco and is looking for four more locations, according to Austin McWilliams, an associate with SRS Real Estate Partners in Austin, TX. He and Mike Minicucci, who is also located in SRS Real Estate Partners’ Austin office, represented the retailer in the lease transactions.