Arthur has always been a strong retail location. About equal distance from the major shopping centers of Champaign, Decatur and Mattoon, Arthur has attracted shoppers for exceptional clothing, building materials, hardware, furniture and cabinets, and farm and animal supplies. And, with the large surrounding Amish population providing numerous small “country shops” to satisfy their own need for shopping within “Buggy Travel Distances,” there are many unique stores to visit in Arthur and the immediate area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arthur shops are not totally dependent on Arthur residents for \n\t\t\tbusiness. Regular customers shop the Arthur area from as far away as \n\t\t\tChicago and St Louis, with many people visiting Arthur repeatedly \n\t\t\tfrom Champaign, Decatur, Bloomington, Springfield, Mattoon Effingham \n\t\t\tand Terre Haute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consider visiting yourself, or if you are a retailer… consider \n\t\t\tArthur for your next expansion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following list is by no means comprehensive and includes only those retailers located within Arthur. Our business master list covers more. Our Arthur Area Economic Development pages<\/a> and website include many of the “country businesses” also<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arthur has always been a strong retail location. About equal distance from the major shopping centers of Champaign, Decatur and Mattoon, Arthur has attracted shoppers for exceptional clothing, building materials, hardware, furniture and cabinets, and farm and animal supplies. And, with the large surrounding Amish population providing numerous small “country shops” to satisfy their own … Continue reading “Retail”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-79","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthur-il.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthur-il.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthur-il.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthur-il.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthur-il.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/arthur-il.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/arthur-il.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthur-il.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}