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  • New Balance Opens High-Tech Warehouse in Earth City

    Amazon recently announced plans for new distribution centers in metro east; and Tuesday New Balance Athletics firm opened its upgraded operation in Earth City…

  • Attend the Global Cities Initiative Export Plan Launch

    Join the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership and its World Trade Center St. Louis team to celebrate the launch of the region’s first integrated export plan. The Global Cities export…

  • Amazon Decision Highlights St. Louis Region’s Growing Strength as a Logistics Hub

    The massive warehouse east of Interstate 255 doesn’t look much different from the dozen or so that line Gateway Center Commerce Drive.

  • St. Louis Region Offers Bright Future For Freight

    This story was originally written by Inbound Logistics in May 2016. By Inbound Logistics The most powerful word in the language of logistics is location. It’s a word heard over and over…

  • Barge Traffic Makes a Resurgence on the Missouri River

    This story was originally written and distributed by the Associated Press on May 30, 2016. Margaret Stafford | Associated Press The Missouri River is slowly resuming its role as a transportation corridor for commodities such as grain,…