Retail
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Berwyn-Based Brandolini Fetches $114.25 Million for Handful of Shopping Centers, Including Two in Montgomery County
Berwyn-based Brandolini Properties has sold five local shopping centers to a partnership of Cyprus-based Medipower Public and New Jersey-based Paramount Realty. Leanna Tilitei covered the $114.25 million sale for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The portfolio includes two Montgomery County properties: Other properties included in the sale are: Combined, the five properties total 741,902 square feet.…
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New CEO of West Chester-based Qurate Ready to Lead Transformation of QVC, HSN
David Rawlinson II, the new CEO of West Chester-based Qurate, is ready to lead the transformation of QVC and the company’s other brands. He intends to shift the media conglomerate’s primary focus to e-commerce, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Rawlinson is no stranger to impactful transformations. As a student at The Citadel…
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After Opening Its Newest Showroom in King of Prussia, Blue Nile Hopes to Break $1B in Revenue as It Expands Its Offerings
Blue Nile, an engagement ring and jewelry seller that recently opened its thirteenth showroom in King of Prussia, hopes to break $1 billion in revenue within the next two to five years as it transitions into more of a jewelry brand, writes Rob Bates for the JCK Online. Sean Kell, CEO, said that the company…
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Recovering from Pandemic, King of Prussia Mall Owner’s Stock Value Rising Back to Fair Value
To few people’s surprise, malls were heavily impacted by the COVID restrictions of the last year and a half, which caused real estate groups connected to malls to take a hit financially. However, with more high-end properties than many of their competitors, Simony Property Group, owner of the King of Prussia Mall as well as…
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Why We Love Wawa—Hoagies and Beer: Check Out the New Stadium Store That Sells Beer
Never one to rest on its laurels, Wawa has moved on from its spotlight moment on Mare of Easttown to announce its first-ever stadium store within Philadelphia’s city limits that will sell beer, writes Stephanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The store, at 2600 Penrose Avenue, is less than two miles from the South Philly…
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Celebrate “Mare of Easttown” in Typical Philly Fashion: With a Dedicated Cheesesteak and New Wawa Store Opening
Wawa’s going all “Mare of Easttown” this morning with the grand opening of its newest store at 418 W. Baltimore Pike in Upper Darby, writes Stephanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Here’s the lineup: Doors open at 8 a.m. Free coffee and a Wawa/Delco T-shirt goes to the first 100 customers. At 8:45 a.m., Chester…
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Cameron Peters Floral Design in Phoenixville ‘Spreading Smiles’ Through Flowers
For Cameron Peters, owner of Cameron Peters Floral Design in Phoenixville, her love of flowers blossomed a lifetime ago, reports Vittoria Woodill for CBS3 Philly. A framed picture on the shop’s counter commemorates her long-term botanical bent, showing her at three years old, gazing at a basket of blossoms. “Somebody from The Evening Bulletin came…
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Beloved Wawa: The Pope Was Promised a Hoagie of His Choice During His Philly Visit
The cult of Wawa represents the best of what Philadelphia has to offer, like a hoagie, writes Meghan McCarron for Eater.com. When the Pope visited Philadelphia in 2015, Wawa was heavily involved. The mayor promised the pope his choice of hoagie. But did he want a Shorti or a Classic? Wawa had water during Mass,…
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Doylestown Vintage Sports Gear Company Slides into New Home
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, Derrick Morgan, co-owner of The Monkey’s Uncle in Doylestown, knew that in-store social distancing wouldn’t work. The shop’s footprint was too small. So rather than close, he moved, as reported to Tracy Davidson for NBC10. Morgan described The Monkey’s Uncle as “…a retro, vintage-inspired t-shirt boutique.” Its specialty is throwback Phillies sports gear. “Old Phillies gear in powder-blue and maroon, old TastyKake shirts,” he…
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Pandemic Push Demands Amazon to Double its Number of Philadelphia-area Warehouses
Amazon has doubled its warehouses in the Philadelphia region during the pandemic. The e-commerce titan now has more than 50 area locations, write Jake Blumgart and Christian Hetrick for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Amazon currently has 57 buildings online or underway across Philadelphia, the collar counties, the Lehigh Valley, South Jersey, and northern Delaware. According to real estate and industry analysts, the company’s explosive expansion is unprecedented. “They’ve been…
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Wawa’s 1980s Retro Week With The Goldbergs Celebrates First Store Opening
Time travel back to the 1980s this week at your local Wawa with The Goldbergs, writes Stephanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer. All week long, April 16-23, Wawa goes retro with The Goldbergs as it celebrates the 57th anniversary of the opening of its first store, April 16, 1964, in Folsom. To officially kick-off Wawa…
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Attention Shoppers: Wegmans’ Second Bucks County Store is Now Cleared for Yardley Area
Warrington’s Wegmans won’t be the only in-county opportunity to pick up marshmallows and merlot in the same trip. A second store — along with housing and retail sites — is coming to Lower Makefield, writes Chris Ullery for the Bucks County Courier Times. A 4-1 vote from township supervisors paved the way for a mixed-use development across from Shady Brook Farm. …
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Available at a Wawa Near You: Coffee, Hoagies, and a Cut of a $9 Million Settlement
For nine months in 2019, Montco Wawa customers unwittingly put their credit- and debit-card information at risk with every swipe, opening themselves up to fraud and identity theft. There are over 900 Wawa locations across the East and Southeast United States, and over 35 locations in PA alone, with many getting smacked with this credit card…
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Wawa to Administer COVID-19 Vaccine—April Fools!
Editor’s Note: The following story about Wawa administering COVID-19 vaccines is meant to be an April Fools’ Day joke. After a year of hunkering down at home, masking, distancing, sanitizing, and trying not to touch their faces, many Americans are wondering if we’ll ever see the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the end may…
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Make It Montco: VFTCB Kicks Off Main Street Campaign’s Second Round
The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB) has launched the next phase of the Make It Main Street consumer marketing campaign to promote small, local businesses in Montgomery County, PA. This round has a renewed focus on the importance of shopping local, what it means to be part of a community, and a few…
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Second-Hand Store Does First-Class Job at Restorations
Boomers joke that if you want to confuse a Millennial, ask him or her to make a call on a rotary phone. Or play an LP on a record player. But at Vintage Vibe in nearby Doylestown, Millennials may fare just fine with these retro tasks, reports Freda R. Savana for the Bucks County Herald. That’s because this…
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ABC: Baldwin’s Book Barn, a West Chester Staple Since 1934, One of Largest Used Book Stores in the World
With its more than 300,000 used books, Baldwin’s Book Barn, a West Chester staple since 1934, remains one of the largest used book stores in the world, writes Amanda Brady for ABC. A bookworm’s dream, the store offers 25,000 square feet of books – including rare and old literature – spread over five floors. The…
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With 25% of U.S. Malls Expected to Close Within Five Years, How Will Montco’s Shopping Meccas Adapt?
Everyone is well aware that the circumstances of the last year have caused shopping malls to struggle, but analysts now have data to ascertain just how much damage has been done. Likely to the surprise of few, some of the predictions are bleak. Shawn Baldwin of CNBC discusses this, explaining how data from Coresight Research…
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