Missouri retailers and grocers are facing a new challenge after President Trump halted penny production in June. Dan Shaul, President of the Missouri Grocers Association told Missourinet that experts thought the penny wouldn’t be missed until the second quarter of...
Despite the decline of regional malls across Missouri, Columbia Mall is holding steady. More than half of the malls open in the state back in 1985 have since closed, but Columbia Mall Manager Rusty Strodtman, says his mall is doing just fine. The mall turns 40 this...
Restaurants and retailers nationwide continue to either shut down or downsize. Max Gillman, Hayek Professor of Economic History at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, said inflation is one of the main culprits. “The episode that we had from 2021 to 2023, we had 9%...
