While the St. Louis region is at a logistics crossroads, with plenty of consumer buying power, it sometimes has to wait for what seems like forever to win locations for some retailers.
The region finally attracted the likes of Ikea, Lego, Crate & Barrel, Trader Joe’s, Krispy Kreme and Shake Shack.
While e-commerce continues to take a bigger bite of brick-and-mortar retail, St. Louis consumers still yearn for new places to eat and shop.