Retail
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Legoland Discovery Center Comes to Plymouth Meeting Mall
Plymouth Meeting Mall’s Legoland Discovery Center is at the forefront of the Mall’s efforts to rebrand as a shopping and entertainment venue, writes Suzette Parmley for Philly.com. The Legoland Discovery Center will be the first of its kind in Pennsylvania out of a total of seventeen globally. The 33,000 square feet dynamic Lego center got…
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New Spa Offers Resort-Experience on the Main Line
Anyone looking to get truly pampered on the Main Line now has the perfect opportunity, thanks to the new Essent Spa in Radnor Township which prides itself as the only resort-style spa experience in the area, writes Linda Stein for Mainline Media News. Dr. Alison Abiri has opened the Essent Spa in a 3,000-square-foot space…
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8 More Shops Open Doors at Newly Expanded King of Prussia Mall
The grand opening of King of Prussia Mall’s new 155,000-square-foot expansion keeps getting grander. New stores have continued to open with much fanfare, including eight new retailers just this month. Highlighting the latest wave of additions was the first American storefront for European luxury skincare leader Kneipp. “Opening our first shop in the U.S. is…
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King of Prussia Mall Unites Four Urban Outfitters Brands Under One Roof
King of Prussia Mall has added the Free People, Anthropologie, and Pizzeria Vetri Square Pie brands near the newly renovated Urban Outfitters store, uniting the four brands under one roof, writes Suzette Parmley for Philly.com. The new additions officially opened their doors on Friday, a day after Urban Outfitters’ grand reopening. However, Urban Outfitters which…
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Harleysville Shopping Center Welcomes Citadel Credit Union, Tractor Supply
The new Harleysville shopping center at the intersection of routes 113 and 63, is bringing businesses flocking to the area, with Citadel Federal and Tractor Supply already open, and several more due to move in once construction of the two new buildings is complete, writes Bob Keeler for Montgomery Media. The official ribbon-cutting and Indian…
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Ambler’s Sherman Brothers Combines Business, Casual in Men’s Shoes
Ambler’s Sherman Brothers Shoes has been providing attractive and comfortable men’s shoes to residents of the Philadelphia area for more than a half-century, perfecting the business casual style in the process. The Montgomery County company was established in 1953 by Herbert and Edwin Sherman, brothers who used a start-up loan from their father to build…
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Craft-Beer Sports Bar, Outback Steakhouse Coming to KOP Mall
Shoppers accustomed to getting their oil changed at the King of Prussia Mall will soon be able to top off with a very different kind of lubricant: craft beer, ale, lager, or imports, along with a little savory steak on the side. The former Sears Auto Center at the King of Prussia Mall is being…
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Area Food Truck Cooks Up Top 25 Recipe for Horsham Company’s National Breakfast Battle
A popular food truck known to roam King of Prussia and other Montgomery County hot spots recently served up one of America’s best breakfast recipes. In a nationwide showdown of the Top 50 food trucks, Jerry’s Kitchen cooked up Britt’s Sandwich, an English muffin overflowing with sausage, egg, salami, potato pancake, sweet and sour peppers…
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Plymouth Meeting Mother Aims to Bring Autism-Friendly Checkouts to Target
In the hopes of alleviating the stress parents with autistic children endure when waiting at loud and distracting checkouts, one Plymouth Meeting mother is taking matters into her own hands, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. Kristin Jackowski, a mother of three, has started a Change.org petition to encourage Target and other big retailers to…
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Conshy’s IKEA Conducts Survey to Tweak Products, Fulfill American Dream
After conducting a customer survey that included visits to consumers’ homes, IKEA is looking at ways to adjust its products to help fulfill the American Dream, writes David Brancaccio for Marketplace. The idea behind the survey was to find out what its customers feel the American Dream is really about. The response IKEA’s Economist Intelligence…
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Still in Mourning, Ursinus College Students Grieve Loss of Beloved … Wawa
The unexpected switch of the Wawa near Ursinus College to a QuickStop in August caught many students by surprise and ended a 30-year run of “midnight snack runs, off-campus coffee cravings, and its beloved Hoagiefest,” Faith Carson wrote in The Grizzly, the school’s newspaper. “Wawa was a communal Ursinus family tradition,” junior Colin McCloskey said.…
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Wynnewood’s New Whole Foods Opens Today
Wynnewood’s long-awaited new Whole Foods store at 15 East Wynnewood Road will be throwing open its doors today for its grand opening, writes Susan Greenspon for Main Line Media News. While Whole Foods is not a newcomer to Wynnewood, as it has been operating out of a much smaller location at 339 East Lancaster Avenue…
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Plymouth Meeting, Willow Grove Park Malls Offer Amazon Lockers
The Plymouth Meeting Mall and Willow Grove Park Mall are now offering customers the chance to use Amazon’s latest innovation, lockers, according to a staff report for The Times Herald. PREIT, which operates both malls, has signed a deal with Amazon to provide the locker service at 15 malls on the East Coast. The lockers…
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Destination MontCo: Skippack Sidewalk Sale
By Rachel Stevenson Two of my favorite words in the English language are “shopping” and “sale.” I am a thrift store shopper, Goodwill bargain hunter, and yard sale enthusiast. While I spare no expense when it comes to food and adventure, when it comes to clothes, jewelry, and material things, I love a good deal.…
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Pottstown’s VideoRay among PA Companies Trying to Conquer World with Its Product
Pottstown’s VideoRay is just one of the companies increasing Pennsylvania’s exports, which are rapidly growing with the help of the Department of Community & Economic Development’s “Bringing the World to PA Tour,” writes Elise Vider for Keystone Edge. The tour, from Sept. 12-23, will visit 10 locations across the state, offering companies a half-hour meeting…
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King of Prussia Town Center Offers Different Shopping Experience from Mall
The much-anticipated King of Prussia Town Center is bringing a walkable, outdoor-oriented shopping experience to the area, one store at a time, writes Gary Puleo for the Times Herald. The idea behind the Town Center is to provide an all-encompassing shopping experience that is reminiscent of the old Plaza of the 1960s and ’70s, before…
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Success of King of Prussia Mall Not Accidental
Flying in the face of the growing trend in mall closures, the King of Prussia Mall has been thriving, using a combination of technology and providing a complete customer experience, writes Candy Woodall for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Digital screens located throughout the King of Prussia Mall enhance the shopping experience. KOP’s success is not accidental,…
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Malls a Dying Breed? Not So in King of Prussia
While several malls across the region struggle, the King of Prussia Mall is forging ahead, despite the growing sentiment that malls as an institution are a dying breed, writes Laura Benshoff for Newsworks. While the retail mall is changing, with a growing number of big names closing some brick-and-mortar stores, Montgomery County’s giant shopping center…
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