Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 2:52 PM CST

Workwear manufacturer Dickies opened its first Missouri retail store at the St. Louis Mills Outlet Mall in Hazelwood.

Dickies said it chose Hazelwood for its new retail store because of the city’s proximity to St. Louis and the Illinois border.

Fort Worth, Texas-based Dickies has company-owned retail operations in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.