Chic retail co-op to open at Mercantile Exchange
Shopping in downtown St. Louis is about to get a serious infusion of cool, with a chic retail co-op slated to open this summer in the Mercantile Exchange district. The Collective at MX, curated by...
View ArticleIn search of kid-friendly restaurants
My father had strict guidelines about dealing with children. He thought they should be treated with respect, never spoken to in baby talk and taken everywhere so they would feel comfortable in new...
View ArticleMaking reservations on Open Table
This week’s Business Journal surveys St. Louis business people on their favorite summer meal. Many chose barbecuing at home. For those who prefer making reservations to making potato salad, OpenTable,...
View ArticleSeattle startup Qthru lets you skip the grocery store checkout line
Ever waited in line to buy a pie the day before Thanksgiving and wished there was an easier way to check out using your smartphone? Aaron Roberts did. So he built one. Roberts is the co-founder of...
View ArticleBush, Danforth to open Breeze blow-dry bar in October
Lindsay Bush and Susannah Danforth are on a mission to end bad hair days for scores of frizzy, frazzled St. Louis women. Their solution is Breeze, St. Louis’ first blow-dry bar, a salon that offers no...
View ArticlePi restaurant to discontinue food truck
Pi, operator of the chain of pizza restaurants, is dropping its food truck service. "July 31st, 2012, will be the last day of regular operations for both our St. Louis and Washington, D.C., trucks,"...
View ArticleBomboloni, a doughnut shop, to open at Four Seasons Hotel: SLIDESHOW
Dessert lovers, this one’s for you. The Four Seasons Hotel in downtown St. Louis is opening Bomboloni, an Italian doughnut shop, on July 26. Located on the hotel’s eighth floor, the shop will feature a...
View ArticleRetailers, restaurants rolling into Kirkwood
Trains aren’t the only thing rolling into Kirkwood. New restaurants and retailers have been lining up in the city over the last few months: Pickleman’s Gourmet Café (130 S. Kirkwood Road), DEEsigns...
View ArticleSales up, profits down at Amazon
While sales are up, profits are down at Amazon.com. Sales rose 29 percent for the online retail giant from a year ago. The Seattle company announced Thursday that sales were $12.8 billion in the second...
View ArticleRussell Stover to open at former Ahner’s Nursery
Russell Stover plans to open a store at the former Ahner’s Nursery site at Manchester and Lockett Road in Des Peres. An engineer representing the retailer met with city officials yesterday to review a...
View ArticleDierbergs in Des Peres features full liquor license, escalator for carts:...
I stopped by Dierbergs Markets’ new store in Des Peres Wednesday to have a look around. I have to admit, I was impressed. Here are some of the features I saw that I was not expecting. • Two escalators...
View ArticleNordstrom extends summer hours at Galleria store
Maybe it’s the heat, or the lure of a good deal? Whatever the case, Nordstrom at the Saint Louis Galleria has extended its summer hours in response to increased demand, the department store confirmed....
View ArticleGame over for Tee's Golf Grill in Chesterfield
It’s game over for Tee’s Golf Grill in Chesterfield, which has shut its doors for good after less than two years in business. The restaurant and bar, which housed an indoor golf simulator, disclosed...
View ArticlePapa John's: Health care act to hike pizza costs
Along with their quarterly reports, companies in several sectors are weighing in on what effects they think the Affordable Care Act will have on their business. Changes that will take effect in 2014 as...
View ArticleFormer Memphis workers sue Schnucks for $3.6 million
Eighteen former Schnuck Markets Inc. employees have filed a lawsuit against the St. Louis-based grocery chain alleging fraud and deception in its deal to sell most of its Memphis-area stories to The...
View ArticleAisle411 gets $250,000 investment from Cultivation Capital
Cultivation Capital has invested $250,000 in in-store navigation app developer aisle411 and is considering follow-on investments as the company grows. Started in St. Louis in 2008 by CEO Nathan...
View Articleaisle411 hires Kris Kolodziej to lead location services
In-store navigation startup aisle411 today announced that it was hired Kris Kolodziej as its vice president of location services. Kolodziej most recently worked on cloud and location services for...
View ArticleApple iPhone 5 debut creates long lines at the Galleria
The line out of the Apple store at the Saint Louis Galleria wrapped around the second floor of Garden Court this morning, 150 people strong. They were there with one goal in mind — buy the iPhone 5....
View ArticleBuild-A-Bear’s digital animals make the Times
The New York Times took note of the new technology Build-A-Bear Workshops is rolling out, enabling young customers to design their own stuffed animals with in-store touch screens. “Now that digital...
View ArticleTed Drewes makes Urbanspoon's 100 cheap eats list
Online restaurant guide Urbanspoon has put St. Louis’ own Ted Drewes Frozen Custard on a new list of the top 100 inexpensive eateries across the country. The legendary frozen custard stand, with...
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