Retail
-
IKEA, based in Conshohocken, will shrink its footprint in the UK
IKEA, with its US headquarters in Conshohocken, is starting to experiment with a smaller footprint as it is opening its first-ever small, urban store on Tottenham Court Road in London this autumn, The Times reports. In the U.S., large retail chains like Target have been experimenting with urban-format stores to increase reach with customers without having to find and pay to operate big…
-
Brewing science becoming popular field of study among beer lovers
The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia is offering a brewing science program that is gaining in popularity, writes Annabelle Williams for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The program, the first graduate certificate in the brewing industry offered in the Northeast when it started in 2015, came into being after its director, Matthew Farber, presented some “sound…
-
What Do You Walk On? Health Mats Offers Commercial Mats for Every Industry
By Vince Del Rossi The Right Mats Can Make a Huge Difference As a facility owner or manager, keeping employees and customers safe and healthy is always a number one concern. Whether you look after a five-star restaurant in a big city or take care of a daycare center in a small town, proper building…
-
Fractured Prune ready for Lower Providence grand opening
Fractured Prune Doughnuts is pleased to announce the opening of Fractured Prune Audubon, in Lower Providence! A Grand Opening Celebration is planned for July 31, 2018. “In our family, our tradition has always been to swing by Fractured Prune on the way to and from the shore. As we grew familiar with our ‘beach friends’…
-
Amazon Prime members have bonus incentives to shop at Whole Foods
It’s get a whole lot better for Amazon Prime members to shop at Whole Foods — especially on Monday, July 16, otherwise known as Prime Day. Amazon is offering Prime members a $10 credit they can use for its upcoming Prime Day promotion if they spend at least $10 at Whole Foods until July 17. …
-
Country Bride and Gent owners announce property sale, plans for ‘seamless’ move from Upper Gwynedd location
The future is coming into focus for a local business that has been in the center of development talks for years. Trish and Ed Burkholder, owners of the Country Bride and Gent at 708 Sumneytown Pike, announced Monday they have sold that property and plan to move the business by the end of the year. “We have…
-
New upscale Norristown consignment shop is a family project
A new upscale consignment shop located in Norristown offers customers more than just great deals on brand name apparel. It also offers household items, home goods and accessories, toys, games, vintage and collectibles – you name it. Owned by Montgomery County resident Amy Tahtabrounian, Amy’s Attic extends clients shopping perks unique to the resale industry.…
-
Aldi supermarket to open a store in Pottstown
A new Aldi grocery store will open in Pottstown later this week — bringing new life to a former grocery space that has been vacant for nearly five years. Aldi will open Thursday morning at the Pottstown Center Shopping Center, 223 Shoemaker Road. The store is the first in Pottstown, but the third in the…
-
Whole Foods offers two-hour delivery in some Montgomery County locations
Some Whole Foods Market customers in the Philadelphia region can now get their groceries delivered within a two-hour window. Amazon and Whole Foods Market have expanded their free, two-hour delivery of Whole Foods Market products through Prime Now to four cities — including Philadelphia and some of its suburbs. The other cities are Boston, Mass.,…
-
Zerns in Gilbertsville will close unless a buyer saves the day
Just four years short of a century in business, the owners of Zerns Farmers Market in Gilbertsville have announced they will close the storied location at the end of September unless a serious buyer is identified. In the announcement made on the business’ Facebook page, owner Bobbi Gail wrote that “after much prayer, deliberation and financial…
-
Say hello to Car Vision Mitsubishi – once known as Car Vision.com in Lower Providence
It’s the age-old decision that every car shopper must struggle with: will it be a used car or a new one? For more than 20 years, that decision was a little easier for those who headed to Car Vision for their next vehicle, since the popular destination at 2626 Ridge Pike in Trooper offered only…
-
Amazon expands Whole Foods grocery delivery to Philadelphia area
Starting Tuesday, Amazon.com Inc. customers in the Philadelphia area who pay for the retail giant’s Prime subscription service can have grocery orders of more than $35 delivered within two hours for free from Whole Foods. Included in the Philadelphia expansion is a swath of the region as far north as Hatfield in Montgomery County, writes…
-
Aldi to expand into Pottstown, Malvern
The Aldi grocery store chain will soon be opening stores in Pottstown and Malvern, part of a $3.4 billion investment to build new stores across the country. The new Pottstown store, in the Pottstown Center Shopping Center, 223 Shoemaker Road, is scheduled to open at the end of June, writes Donna Rovins at dailylocal.com. [uam_ad…
-
Under Armour doubles in size at Philadelphia Premium Outlets
The Philadelphia Premium Outlet’s branch of Under Armour has recently expanded, remodeled and relocated to the Center Court. The newly expanded store, which opened on April 30, includes 6,000 additional square-feet of space, and totals 13,000 square-feet, writes Monica Sager in The Times Herald. [uam_ad id=”54865″] “Under Armour has been a part of Philadelphia Premium…
-
Firehouse Subs heating up restaurant landscape in Lower Providence
One restaurant shuts down their ovens, another prepares to turn up the heat. Bertucci’s in Lower Providence, near the intersection of Trooper Road and Shannondell Blvd., recently closed. The building stripped of the familiar logo, now awaiting its fate. While just a couple dozen parking spaces away, Firehouse Subs is nearing its grand opening. Bertucci’s filed…
-
Analysis: The death of retail has been greatly exagerated
With all of the store closings in our area during the past few years, including the near extinction of Kmart, it isn’t hard to get on the naysayer bandwagon espousing all things e-commerce. Not so fast, says Moody’s. The last few years have seen a bevy of high-profile retailers either go bankrupt or close stores…
-
Che Bella of Skippack to be featured in upcoming fashion show in Blue Bell
When Michele Radatti was asked to feature her merchandise in the Silver Foxes Fashion Show at Blue Bell Country Club on June 9 she knew that Che Bella’s chic designer clothing and accessories would be the perfect fit for a good cause. “I really believe in giving back to the community and the centers do…
-
Starbucks closes stores for anti-bias training
More than 8,000 company-owned Starbucks stores closed May 28 to give 175,000 employees anti-discrimination training. Closing that many stores for an afternoon cost a lot of money… up to $12 million in lost profit, writes Neal Freyman at morningbrew.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] In April, two black men were arrested at a Philadelphia cafe. The crime? Asking to use the…
Founding Partners
Advertisement
Affiliate Partners
Community Partners
