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Mini Poll: Palaces of Purchase

Current Totals:

Do you think shopping in Downtown St. Louis has improved in the past five years, declined, or stayed about the same?

Improved:
 62%
Declined:
 19%
Stayed the same:
 19%

 

Do you thinking shopping in your own neighborhood has improved in the past five years, declined, or stayed about the same?

Improved:
 58%
Declined:
 12%
Stayed the same:
 30%

 

Which of the following things would you most like to see built in your own neighborhood this year?

A great restaurant:
 22%
A great coffee shop:
 6%
A great florist:
 3%
A great ice cream place:
 6%
A great bakery:
 14%
A great bar:
 5%
A great boutique:
 8%
A great salon:
 2%
A great bookstore:
 26%

 

At which of the following times do you do the most shopping for things other than groceries?

Before work:
 1%
After work:
 14%
During weekday working hours:
 14%
During my lunch hour:
 6%
On the weekends:
 59%
At midnight, on the Internet:
 5%

 

Which of the following choices would best finish the sentence "If more stores with things I wanted to buy were located close to where I work . . . ":

I would shop more during my lunch hour:
 28%
I would shop more after work:
 29%
I would work more on the weekends and shop on weekend afternoons:
 0%
It wouldn't make much of a difference:
 34%

 

Which of the following pieces of advice would you be most likely to give to developers looking for tenants for Downtown's great new retail spaces?

Concentrate on retail that takes advantage of Downtown's 90,000 daytime workers and offer things these workers want to buy:
 42%
Concentrate on Downtown's 10,000 new middle and upper income residents:
 40%
Concentrate on Downtown's 3 million+ visitors each year:
 18%

 

In which of the following categories is shopping in the City of St. Louis most clearly better than county shopping?

Fashionable clothes:
 14%
Vintage clothes:
 10%
Shoes:
 0%
Jewelry:
 2%
Religious supplies:
 5%
Coins and stamps:
 0%
Art:
 10%
Antiques:
 10%
Ethnic foodstuffs:
 35%
Hobbyist supplies:
 0%
Furniture:
 2%
Used books:
 2%
Pretzels:
 10%

 

City Residents Only

Non-City Residents

Fashionable clothes:
 19%
Vintage clothes:
 8%
Shoes:
 0%
Jewelry:
 2%
Religious supplies:
 2%
Coins and stamps:
 0%
Art:
 7%
Antiques:
 7%
Ethnic foodstuffs:
 40%
Hobbyist supplies:
 0%
Furniture:
 2%
Used books:
 3%
Pretzels:
 8%
Fashionable clothes:
 5%
Vintage clothes:
 14%
Shoes:
 1%
Jewelry:
 2%
Religious supplies:
 10%
Coins and stamps:
 0%
Art:
 10%
Antiques:
 10%
Ethnic foodstuffs:
 27%
Hobbyist supplies:
 0%
Furniture:
 3%
Used books:
 2%
Pretzels:
 16%

 

Which of the following is the City's premier shopping district?

Central West End:
 33%
Delmar Loop:
 21%
Downtown's Central Business District:
 11%
Cherokee Street:
 5%
The Hill:
 2%
Washington Avenue Loft District:
 17%
Southhampton:
 6%
South Grand:
 5%

 

For which of the following items are you most likely to have to shop in the county, rather than in the City?

Electronics:
 34%
Bulk groceries:
 37%
Books:
 5%
Fitness equipment:
 5%
Cars:
 19%

 

City Residents Only

Non-City Residents

Electronics:
 42%
Bulk groceries:
 30%
Books:
 6%
Fitness equipment:
 4%
Cars:
 17%
Electronics:
 24%
Bulk groceries:
 41%
Books:
 3%
Fitness equipment:
 8%
Cars:
 24%

 

Which of the following best describes your style for making major purchases?

I decide what I want and purchase it at the closest store:
 28%
I decide what I want, visit several stores to find the best value and style, and then make my purchase:
 54%
I research my purchase on the Internet and buy it on the Internet:
 17%

 

How likely are you to use a medical clinic located inside a retail store or pharmacy?

Very likely:
 9%
Somewhat likely:
 14%
Somewhat unlikely:
 17%
Very unlikely:
 55%
Depends primarily on price:
 5%

 

How likely are you to shop at a grocery store that sells a lot of locally grown or produced food?

Very likely:
 60%
Somewhat likely:
 28%
Somewhat unlikely:
 3%
Very unlikely:
 3%
Depends primarily on price:
 6%

 

How likely are you to shop at a store that offers environmentally friendly services, products, or brands?

Very likely:
 40%
Somewhat likely:
 38%
Somewhat unlikely:
 4%
Very unlikely:
 3%
Depends primarily on price:
 14%

 

Which of the following retail stores would you most like to see somewhere in the City?

Cabela's:
 5%
Wal-Mart:
 26%
Bass Pro:
 2%
Costco:
 27%
Kohl's:
 12%
Aaccck! Can't breathe.:
 28%

 

Which of the following retail stores would you most like to see somewhere in the City?

IKEA:
 36%
Trader Joe's:
 38%
Apple Store:
 14%
Niketown:
 4%
You are evil poll-people. I refuse to choose.:
 8%

 

Which of the following retail stores would you most like to see somewhere in the City?

Brooks Brothers:
 19%
J. Crew:
 20%
Banana Republic:
 22%
Victoria's Secret:
 13%
H&M:
 16%
Whichever of them that sells Carhartt:
 11%

 

If both mega-stores were five minutes from your house, at which would you most likely shop more often?

Barnes & Noble:
 31%
Borders:
 32%
I would drive or walk an extra half hour to shop at Left Bank Books:
 37%

 

Do you live in the City of St. Louis?

Yes:
 66%
No:
 34%

 

Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.


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