Retail
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Kind Gesture from Castle’s Garden Center Leaves Popular Local Author’s Mother Speechless
Mary Johnson, mother of popular local author Maureen Johnson, was moved by a kind surprise she received from Castle’s Garden Center, a family-run garden center in Lower Southampton, writes Brock Koller for 6abc. The author, who now lives in New York City, received a call from her parents, both of whom are in their seventies.…
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Owner of Oxford Valley Mall in Langhorne Plans to Merge Their Company
Simon Property Group, owner of Oxford Valley Mall as well as the King of Prussia megamall, has made a lot of headlines in the last year for their unique business moves, such as buying stores at their malls out of bankruptcy. The real estate group looks to have an eye for continuing their innovative ways…
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Quakertown Six-Year-Old Takes Selling of Girl Scout Cookies Amid a Pandemic to Next Level
While all Girl Scouts have had to change their strategy for selling cookies during the pandemic, one six-year-old Quakertown girl brought it to a whole new level, writes Alicia Vitarelli for 6abc. Kenzie Keefe—with the help of her parents—took the famous cookies on the road. The family created a cookie truck, which they parked in…
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After Seven Decades, Montco-based IKEA Discontinues Its Annual Catalog
After seven decades, IKEA, the Swedish home furnishings giant which has its U.S. headquarters in Conshohocken, is discontinuing its annual catalog, writes Tim Nelson for the Architectural Digest. The first edition of the catalog came out in 1951, with 285,000 copies circulating through southern Sweden. The catalog reached peak circulation in 2016 when more than…
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Wawa Opens Its First Standalone Drive-Thru in Morrisville
Wawa opened its first standalone drive-thru location in Morrisville on Friday, writes Laura Smythe for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The popular convenience store is a 1,800-square-foot structure at 549 W. Trenton Avenue in Falls Township, has a single-line drive-thru with the capacity for 12 cars at a time. The new location operates every day from…
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Local Bike Company Brightening Kids’ Lives with Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Electric Tricycles
Croydon-based Electric Bike Technologies is making the lives of kids with spinal muscular atrophy brighter by gifting them electric tricycles, writes Grace Dickinson for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Like the majority of bicycle businesses across the country, the company saw its sales explode when the pandemic started. “Back in March, the phone started to ring, and…
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Amazon Prepares to Enter Philadelphia Marketplace
Amazon is reportedly preparing to enter the Philadelphia marketplace by opening its first grocery store in the region, writes Thad Rueter for the Progressive Grocer. The eCommerce giant has signed a lease for a 40,000-square-foot space on the ground floor of a building in the central part of Philadelphia. At this time it is still…
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Salter’s Ski Shop fire response
Montgomery County Department of Public Safety, Emergency Dispatch Services (911) received calls from two passing motorists at about 8:45 a.m. Saturday reporting heavy smoke coming from the roof of the Salter’s building at 3130 Ridge Pike in Eagleville. The building houses Salter’s Ski Shop and Salter’s Fireplace, Patio and Grill. Lower Providence police, fire and…
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Manor College Professor’s Sports Memorabilia Business Part of Bristol Borough’s Revolution
J.P. Lutz, an Assistant Professor of Sports Management at Manor College in Jenkintown, is a proud small business owner, running Bucks County Baseball Co. in Bristol, alongside his father Jim Lutz since 2011. Bucks County Baseball Co., which began as an online business, started out of a passion for sports. J.P. and his father are…
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