Commerce
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Urban Outfitters Expanding Anthropologie Stores and KOP Mall Presence
While its competitors are cutting back on store space, Urban Outfitters continues to march to its own drum by doing exactly the opposite, writes Suzette Parmley for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Despite the mounting pressure from online retailers, which is causing chains like Target to move into smaller “Express” venues, Urban is doubling the size of its…
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Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Joins 111th Attack Wing at Horsham Air Guard Station
Marianne Bustin recently joined the 111th Attack Wing at Horsham Air Guard Station as the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, writes Tech. Sgt. Andria Allmond for Defense Video Imagery Distribution System. In a recent interview with the Wing’s public affairs office, Bustin talked about what her role will be as the base’s SARC, her belief system, and…
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North Penn, MCCC Graduate Entrepreneur Launches B2B Social Media Marketing Company
Andrew Belton did not wait for his learning days at Montgomery County Community College to be over before he started his own business, writes Theresa Katalinas for the school’s website. A 2014 North Penn High School graduate, Belton started Symmetrical Media Marketing during his winter college break in 2015 and found that becoming an entrepreneur while…
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Bala Cynwyd’s BTB Security Goes Undercover Every Day with Cyber-Surveillance
Like a blockbuster action thriller, Bala Cynwyd tech security firm BTB goes undercover against serious threats every day — and exposes hackers, viruses, scammers, thieves, and other criminals in the very act of their wrongdoing. Whether from inside the company or out — sometimes way out — BTB’s 150-plus clients have a cyber-surveillance team on…
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Buck Naked Underwear Retailer Coming to King of Prussia
Thanks to good quarterly results and an increase in both online and street sales, Buck Naked Underwear retailer Duluth Trading is opening more stores nationwide, with King of Prussia one of the new locations, writes Rick Romell for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Duluth Trading specializes in selling casual clothing and work wear, primarily from its…
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Constellation Focuses on Golf to Drum Up Business
The biggest sports marketing event designed to drum up business in the region for Constellation happened last week at the Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course in Flourtown, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The retail supplier of gas and energy products is sponsoring the Professional Golfers Association’s Senior Players Championship for the ninth year…
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Merck Buying California-Based Afferent Pharmaceuticals for a Cool $1.25 Billion
Merck has entered into a $1.25 billion deal to acquire California-based Afferent Pharmaceuticals, which is developing a treatment for chronic cough, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Merck, which has a large research and manufacturing plant in Upper Gwynedd, anticipates the transaction will close in the third quarter of this year. Under the terms…
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New PA Liquor Law is a HUGE Windfall for Nonprofits. Here’s why.
On Thursday Governor Tom Wolf signed a bill that alters the Pennsylvania Liquor Code is some significant ways: a couple grocery stores in Montgomery County are now able to sell wine; some restrictions on holiday and Sunday liquor sales have been removed; more gas stations will now be carrying six-packs. Governor Wolf called it”the most…
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Montgomery, Bucks, Chester Counties Among Nation’s 10 Best for Recent College Grads
With graduation season upon us, Trulia, the online residential real estate site for home buyers, sellers, renters and real estate professionals, recently used a variety of factors to rank the 10 best and worst metropolitan areas to launch a career. The region comprised of Montgomery, Chester, and Bucks counties ranked sixth among the best places…
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King of Prussia’s Trevena Begins Late-Stage Clinical Trials for New Pain Medicine
Trevena, a King of Prussia-based biopharmaceutical company, has started two late-stage clinical trials on its experimental pain medicine, oliceirdine, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Trevena will test oliceirdine in patients suffering from moderate to severe pain following a bunionectomy to remove a bunion their toe, or from an abdominoplasty which removes excess…
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Positive Trial Results Position GlaxoSmithKline for Rheumatoid Arthritis Market
GlaxoSmithKline has released positive late-stage clinical trial results for its experimental drug Sirukumab, moving it a step closer to entering a crowded but lucrative multibillion-dollar rheumatoid arthritis market, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. GlaxoSmithKline is developing the drug in collaboration with Janssen Biologics, a division of Johnson & Johnson. The collaborating companies announced…
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Heroin Antidote Narcan Now Available at Montgomery County’s Health Centers
The heroin antidote Narcan Nasal Spray is now available at Montgomery County’s three health centers, according to a staff report from Philly Voice. The Montgomery County Health Department, in partnership with the Montgomery County Office of Drug and Alcohol Programs, has made Narcan Nasal Spray kits available at the Norristown Health Center, the Willow Grove Health…
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Competition Fierce, Local Farmers Markets Boom Plateauing
There are signs that the recent, national boom in farmers markets – they have nearly doubled since 2006 – might be plateauing. Farmers’ overall sales at markets, after climbing dramatically, declined about one percent from 2007 to 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. A few markets in the region have…
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Plymouth Meeting Native, MCCC Graduate Overcomes Obstacles En Route to Near-Perfect GPA
Plymouth Meeting native Kyle Bone, winner of the 2016 Alumni Graduate Achievement Award and now a graduate of Montgomery County Community College with a GPA of 3.978, admits that getting where he is now has not been easy, writes Kayleigh DiGiacomo for the college’s website. Bone struggled with depression during high school, and it caused him…
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Ursinus College Launches Summer Business Assist Initiative
Ursinus College has launched a Summer Business Assist Initiative which pairs students with local businesses to help them develop marketing ideas. Through the pilot program, 14 students will provide seven new or established businesses with a creative marketing boost under the college’s U-Imagine Center for Integrative and Entrepreneurial Studies. “We want the students to help…
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King of Prussia Town Center Not Part of JBG’s Proposed Merger
The new King of Prussia Town Center , a project of The JBG Companies, will not be part of JBG’s planned merger with New York REIT, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The retail complex JBG is constructing at the Village of Valley Forge in King of Prussia is one of close to three…
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New App from Conshohocken’s BTG Helps Save Snakebite Victims
Local pharmaceutical company BTG is doubling down on its efforts to save the lives of snakebite victims with a dose of technology. The company’s U.S. headquarters in West Conshohocken makes Crofab, the only commercial anti-venom for American rattlesnake, copperhead, and cottonmouth bites. And now BTG makes SnakeBite911, a free iOS app that helps victims quickly…
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Renovations Begin on Pottstown Regional Library
Renovations to the Pottstown Regional Public Library on East High Street have commenced, writes Joe Zlomek for The Pottstown Post. While the staff is hoping to keep the library operational throughout the construction process, Executive Director Susan Davis said that, during the major exterior and interior renovations works, public spaces including its entrance, public computers, as well…
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