GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois-based retailer is opening its first store in Kansas later this year and hopes to add three more in the state within 18 months.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Glik’s, based in the St. Louis suburb of Granite City, is opening its 65th store in October in Hays. The store will be located in Big Creek Crossing.

The family-owned chain sells casual wear for adults and children, typically in small towns and tourist destinations. President and CEO Jeff Glik says his company just had its best four years ever.

Glik’s was founded in St. Louis in 1897. It opened stores in Litchfield, Illinois, and South Haven, Mich., earlier this year and plans to expand existing stores in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Virginia, Minnesota, by year’s end.