Personal Services (Spas, barbers, hair salons)
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This Bucks County Assisted Living Complex Is Almost Complete After Ongoing Updates
An assisted living complex in Bucks County is almost complete, the most recent place for residents to move into this year. Damon C. Williams wrote about the updates for the Bucks County Courier Times. The former site of the Mill Run retirement center, located in Bristol Borough, is being converted into an assisted living complex.…
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Popular Yardley Salon Moves To Larger Location, Looking To Serve More Customers
A local politician just helped a popular Yardley salon celebrate their new location, a change that will allow them to see more customers. Salon Millan recently moved their operations to 27 E. Afton Avenue in Yardley, a larger location when compared to their previous spot. Their new spot is located near the Delaware Canal Towpath,…
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Future Rosy for Former Conshohocken Beauty Consultants Career, Which Took a Powder During COVID
In the business lottery of COVID-19 (in which some firms thrived, and others became extinct), one Conshohocken cosmetics manufacturer, Embellish Beauty, is now glowing. Lisa Dukart brushed up the facts to bring the story to PHIL INNO. The brand launched in 2011, as owner Marcia Williams provided makeup and hair services primarily to weddings-related clients.…
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Doylestown Tailor Stitches Together a Career of 40-Plus Years in an Industry That Suits Him
The 40-plus years of Frank Ventresca’s career isn’t best measured in legacy accounting records or discarded business calendars but in inches. Despite the general decline of bespoke men’s suits (Brooks Brothers of New York abandoned the service in 1976), his custom craftsmanship continues at his namesake Doylestown clothing shop, Ventresca Ltd. Ventresca, a Central Bucks…
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Dapper in Doylestown: Yelp Shows Five-Star Barber Shops Generating Buzz in the Borough
Whatever the secret sauce is to a successful barber shop, Doylestown seems to have it. Combing through the Yelp reviews reveals six in-borough shops earning maximum ratings of five stars: Three other five-star haircuts aside from those in Doylestown were also noted: More on Bucks County’s bounty of brilliant barbers is at Yelp.
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Suburban Philadelphia-based Hair-Care Brand Promotes Sustainability with Its 100-Percent-Natural Products
Anne Cheatham and Christine Martey-Ochola, owners of Coatesville-based Nuele Hair, combined their scientific backgrounds to create non-toxic, sustainable products that are 100 percent natural, writes Shaunice Ajiwe for Philadelphia magazine. “Ultra-clean hair products,” said Martey-Ochola. “They’re paraben-free, sulfate-free, alcohol-free, and fragrance-free.” The beauty line was launched in 2020. Since then, the business has won several…
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Robots Serve at Media Senior Community Center
Jacquelin DeFilippo was accustomed to great service at Wesley Enhanced Living Main Line (WEL) in Media Borough from the human staff. Now she’s adding a robot to the list, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc. “R2-D2, we named him,” she joked. WEL hired two computerized staff members about a month ago. The “Matradee Robots” by Richtech…
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Borrowing a Cup of Sugar Is Just the Beginning for ‘Buy Nothing Lansdowne’
Lansdowne is the local home of a national campaign that’s catching fire — the Buy Nothing Project, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. Buy Nothing Lansdowne has only one rule for its 1,400 Facebook group: If you live in Lansdowne, you can give, receive, lend and borrow. There’s no money involved, no selling, buying, or trading.…
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Germantown Academy Grad Co-founds Startup That Brings Salon Hair Care Directly Into Client’s Home
Will Newton, a Germantown Academy graduate, is one of the founders and CEO of Shortcut, a growing startup that brings salon hair care directly into clients’ homes, writes Kennedy Rose for The Business Journals. The service connects stylists with people who prefer to get their hair done at home. Customers can schedule in-home appointments as…
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