In St Louis the sign business is not near as good as it was say a couple years ago. Mainly you are seeing allot of repairs on neon signs instead of upgrading. We see people opening up quite frequently with out any money at all for a sign in their budget. A few years a go the landlords would not allow this. The tenants were penalized if they opened with out a sign. Now the landlords are just happy to let any one in and they are letting the tenants slide on the whole have to have a sign to open. Also, the tight rules as far the type of sign, neon, channel letters, on a raceway etc... are also not what they were. I am seeing more cabinet signs and non lit signs to cut cost for tenants and the landlords are allowing these.
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