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Elysium Marketing Group Pro Offers Tips for Franchisors Looking to Boost Their Brands
Elyse Lupin, president and founder of Elysium Marketing Group in Ambler, has seven practical tactics for franchisors looking to raise the visibility of their brands. Franchise Herald carried her sage advice, in an article by David Thompson. Strong Brand Guidelines Ensure your brand is rock solid with strong brand guidelines in place before you share…
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Montgomery County’s St. Patrick’s Day 2023 Celebrations Make Neighboring Communities Green with Envy
Given its multicultural culinary excellence, top-rated brewing scene, and ability to embrace numerous ethnic heritages, Montgomery County is a great place to mark St. Patrick’s Day 2023. The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board has poured forth the following bar/pub recommendations for the week of wearin’ of the green. Eat Drink and Be Irish Jack…
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Royersford Bakery Proves to Be Really Thumbthing for Fans of Hand Pies
Hand pies may be somewhat foreign to Montgomery County palates more used to dessert-style pies mass manufactured by the likes of TastyKake or Hostess. Instead, these versions are savory, meat-based, cute and fluffy entrée-style creations. And True Blue Bakery in Royersford excels at them, as reported by Timothy Walton at 6abc. Hand pies go back…
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Bright Idea to Adopt Year-Long Daylight Saving Time Was Tried Before
With last year’s U.S. Senate passage of the Sunshine Protection Act (and ongoing discussion in its aftermath), efforts may again be underway to permanently orient the U.S. to Daylight Saving Time. But JD Mullane, in the Bucks County Courier Times, recalls the idea’s prior attempt. The Nixon Administration nationalized the time change in January 1974…
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Bryn Mawr Boutique Takes a Month to Freshen Up a Bit, Reopens with New Look and Fashions
Like a model who prefers to spiff up her look in private Skirt, a Bryn Mawr clothing boutique, closed for a month to freshen its brand, merchandise, and location. Melissa Jacobs reported the results in Main Line Tonight. For the past 22 years, Skirt has been owned and operated by Maureen Conallen Doron. She decided…
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This Montco Brand and Its Online Sales Approach Make It No. 1 with Millennials
Not since perhaps the Baby Boomers has a generational segment had as much economic, social, and political influence as Millennials. Major brands have found much success in courting this demographic and its income. Joanne Frederick, in Home Accents Today, focused on one industry leader that’s proven particularly adept at it: IKEA. Frederick reported that Millennial…
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Hatboro’s Fervent Desire to Attract Business Comes to Fruition with Mr. Wish
Hatboro has been chosen for a Mr. Wish location — the brand’s 20th site in Pennsylvania. Dino Ciliberti, at the Hatboro-Horsham Patch, reported the new shop’s arrival in Montgomery County. Mr. Wish carries beverages that blend tea with diced fruits that include peaches, apples, mangoes, and grapes. Its menu also includes sherbet-based smoothies, sparkling boba…
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After a Wyncote Boyhood, This Local Lawyer Vied to be Governor and Mayor
David W. Marston, former U.S. attorney, onetime candidate for mayor and governor, and longtime Philadelphia lawyer, has died at 80. Gary Miles wrote a retrospective of his career for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Marston was born in Tennessee but when he was two, his family moved to Wyncote. Future places of residence would include Philadelphia, Bryn…
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Plymouth Meeting Broker Hired to Sell Connecticut Commercial Space One Year after Purchase
Forged Real Estate, Plymouth Meeting, has been hired by the Connecticut owner of a large commercial real estate property to sell it. Its present owner, according to Luther Turmelle’s story in CT Insider, wants it off the books less than a year after acquiring it. Kohan Retail Investment Group, of Great Neck, New York currently…
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Montco’s Diva of the First Order Moves from Wynnewood to Gladwyne
Ahead of an upcoming local concert, Patti LaBelle, 78, updated Victor Fiorello of Philadelphia Magazine with what’s new in her life. For example, she’s sold her Wynnewood home. She’s still a local, however; her new residence is in Gladwyne. “I love Gladwyne,” she said. “It’s so quiet.” Like others, she found the pandemic lockdown tedious…
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Yes, Montco Produced Bradley Cooper and Educated Kobe Bryant, But Other Luminaries Hail from Here, Too
Montgomery County has been the birthplace of luminaries from politics (First Lady Jill Biden, Willow Grove) to entertainment (actor Bradley Cooper, Abington). Cecilia Levine researched some more for the Daily Voice, as published in NewsBreak. Maria Bello was born in Norristown. Atop a television acting career (NCIS), her film work included drama (Coyote Ugly) and…
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Ambler BBQ Spot Makes Statewide Bucket List for Mac-and-Cheese
Mac-and-cheese is the ultimate proof that a simple union of ingredients can result in extreme deliciousness if done right, wrote Emily Kovach for the PA Eats. One of the best things about a great mac-and-cheese is that you never know where you might run into your next favorite dish of it. It could be at…
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Oscar Winner ‘Philadelphia’ to Screen in Bryn Mawr, Marking 30 Years of Compelling Significance
Philadelphia — the Jonathan Demme 1993 film that was one of Hollywood’s first mainstream commentaries on the AIDS crisis, released before the outbreak proved devastatingly fatal — turns 30 this year. To celebrate its significance, the Bryn Mawr Film Institute is putting it back on the big screen, reported Stephen Silver in The Philadelphia Inquirer.…
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Cheryl A. McConnell Elected First Woman to Lead St. Joseph’s University
The Saint Joseph’s University Board of Trustees elected Cheryl A. McConnell its 29th — and first female — president in the university’s 172-year history, effective immediately. McConnell is a 35-year veteran of Jesuit higher education, having most recently served as Saint Joseph’s interim president since last June, and as provost and chief academic officer for…
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Pre-Revolutionary Tavern in Upper Bucks Hits the Market for $1.25M
A property in Bucks County, which predates a large portion of the nation’s history, has recently gone up for sale at a historic price. Jeff Ward wrote about the tavern for WFMZ-69 News. The Raven’s Nest, located at 625 Old Bethlehem Road in Quakertown, has operated as a tavern since 1750. As one of the…
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Blue Bell Accounting Firm Didn’t Account for Growth that Now Requires an Office Renovation
A little over a year since McCarthy & Co. moved into its new Blue Bell headquarters, the accounting firm has already outgrown the space, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. In the past three years, McCarthy & Co. has more than doubled its local headcount and has almost done the same with annual…
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Ambler Savings Bank Helps Jenkintown Bridal Shop Owner Unveil Success
Maria McDevitt recently became the owner of Nicole Bridal and Formal Shoppe in Jenkintown. The story of how she got there is nothing short of a fairy tale. At the onset of her career, she worked in fashion merchandising. But she had dreams for more. “When I was in preschool I used to draw pictures…
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Weekend Pet Expo in Oaks Highlights All Things Furry, Feathered, or Finned
The 2023 Greater Philadelphia Pet Expo is trotting, crawling, swimming, and even slithering into the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, Oaks, Mar, 10–12. The popular event is an all-encompassing celebration of the various animals humans choose to share their lives with. It fills the center’s halls with attractions, performances, animal encounters, adoption opportunities, pet essentials for…
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