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Where Does Your Dry Cleaner Rate in Terms of Quality, Price?
Finding a good dry cleaner can often be a time consuming and frustrating process that could also cost you a treasured outfit in the process, writes Kevin Brasler for the Philadelphia Inquirer. To make the choice easier, Delaware Valley Consumers’ Checkbook has ranked around 200 dry cleaners in the Greater Philadelphia area. The ratings measure…
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Desmond Hotel Joins Hilton, Leverages Power of Rewards Program with 60 Million Members
Malvern’s premier business and wedding destination, The Desmond, is rolling out the blue carpet — for the Hilton brand. The family-owned hotel is switching to the world-renowned Hilton franchise, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report by Kenneth Hilario. By next February, guests will stay at a vastly renovated hotel officially named The Desmond, a…
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Northlight Advertising in Chester Springs Helps Dranoff Properties ‘Sell the Invisible’
By Chris Cooper “Do you think this is a crazy idea?” A few years ago, that was the question Marianne Harris of Dranoff Properties asked Rick Miller, owner and creative director of Northlight Advertising in Chester Springs. As Dranoff’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Harris needed to drum up interest in One Riverside –…
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Comcast Deal Repositions Exton’s Paciolan for Coming Growth
Paciolan, the major ticket seller with an Exton operation formerly known as New Era Tickets, is changing hands in a deal that aims to open the gates for big things in the future. Comcast is selling Paciolan to Learfield, which was acquired for more than $1 billion late last year by investment firm Atairos, the…
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Kennett Square Residents, Former Ballet Stars Choreograph Moves of Next-Gen Dancers
They combined the discipline of the Russian Bolshoi Ballet Conservatory with the daring of a quest for the American dream. They lived the lives of ballet stars, and now they’re choreographing the moves of the next generation of dancers. And they’re doing it from their home in Kennett Square, their dance studio in Media, and…
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Ducklings Early Learning Center in Kennett Square Sells Its First Franchise
Ducklings Early Learning Center has sold its first franchise less than a year after first offering them, according to a report from Southern Chester County News. The learning center opened in Kennett Square nearly a quarter of a century ago. Since then, it has expanded to Oxford and Landenberg, with one in Pocopson under development.…
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Local Startup Beach Caddy Starting to Catch Bigger Waves
Toting modern technology and youthful muscle to the best spots on the beach, locally backed Beach Caddy is setting up for another big season of success. The app that summons high school- and college-aged muscle to move recreational gear to and from the beach is kicking up sand along new stretches of the Jersey shore…
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Owner of Parkesburg’s L.C. Auto Body Tunes Up Work-Life Balance
When D.I.Y. turned into DIE, he scrapped his 100-hour-a-week auto shop regimen and restored his life by becoming unselfish and un-obsessed. Today, Larry Constable’s L.C. Auto Body generates annual revenue of $4 million and touches the lives of hundreds through The Point in Parkesburg and other charities, according to a FenderBender report by Kelly Beaton.…
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A Tale of Debts, Deals, and Departure: Malvern’s Zonoff Caught in Middle of Legal Battle
The heat is rising rapidly in the room where former Zonoff CEO Mike Harris sits, and it isn’t because his Malvern company’s app software is controlling the thermostat. Harris, now on the team at video doorbell maker Ring in California, is at the center of a lawsuit by alarm giant ADT. It’s a tale of…
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Philly Taxes, Regulations Push West Chester’s Magrogan Group to Focus on Suburbs
An anti-business climate in Philadelphia is serving up opportunities for the suburbs to taste more from the Dave Magrogan Group. The West Chester-based restaurant group isn’t reopening its lone remaining Philly restaurant, Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report by Michael Klein. “Paid sick leave, city wage tax, the soda…
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New Addiction Recovery Center to Bring 200 Jobs Back to Devon
A new addiction recovery center is not only rescuing jobs lost in Devon but also lives caught in the trap of heroin, opioids, and alcohol. What was previously Devon Manor is set to reopen as Recovery Centers of America’s fifth facility in June, and management is busy hiring 200 employees for the rescue effort, according…
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Vistage’s Jim Lucas Helps CEOs, Business Leaders See the Forest for the Trees
Where do CEOs, business owners, and other senior executives go to get advice, to improve their leadership skills or learn new ones? Oftentimes, the answer is nowhere. Honest, objective, and empathetic advice is hard to find, especially for leaders who are surrounded by their subordinates all day, every day. Consequently, businesses suffer because they are…
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Wall Street Journal: Phoenixville’s Wenger Helps Sort Out Tax-Day Doom and Gloom
There are all sorts of ways people prepare for the looming tax filing deadline, and Phoenixville accountant Julia Brufke Wenger has dealt with most of them. She and her team file 1,100 tax returns each year, and among them are the avoiders, the procrastinators, and the shoeboxers, according to a report in The Wall Street…
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Controversial For-Profit Funeral Company Signs Deal with Donohue
StoneMor, the controversial for-profit cemetery and funeral company that leases 13 Catholic cemeteries in Philadelphia and four surrounding counties from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, has announced a new partnership with Donohue Funeral Homes, writes Laura McCrystal for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Under the deal, StoneMor will steer Catholics who are looking to prearrange their funerals to…
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Sen. Dinniman Joins Kickoff of Keystone Valley Fire Department Capital Campaign
State Senator Andy Dinniman recently visited the Keystone Valley Fire Department (KVFD) to mark the kickoff of the department’s Capital Fundraising Campaign to renovate and rebuild its station in downtown Parkesburg. “Chester County is home to some of the best and most well-trained firefighters and emergency first responders in the nation, and it’s great to…
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Berwyn’s JDog Junk Removal Partners with New Venture to Provide Opportunities for Veterans
Veteran Opportunity Partners, a new venture that offers business opportunities to military veterans and their families, has launched in partnership with Berwyn’s JDog Junk Removal and Hauling, the country’s leading U.S. Military Franchise Brand. VOP was formed by three Philadelphia businessmen: Steve Tazza, Tom Nader, and Mike McNulty. The trio brings over six decades of…
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Malvern Resident, Former Baseball Player Details Cars in Convenient, Eco-Friendly Way
If Malvern resident Tony Coyne can detail a car as well as he can turn a double play, and his new business hits the ground running as swiftly as he used to leg out triples, the area’s streets will soon sparkle with more shiny vehicles than ever before. The 38-year-old native of Huntingtown, Md., and…
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West Chester Salon Partners Find the Right Balance in Chester County
There had to be something special about Chester County for Biff Piner and his husband, Thomas Crisp, to settle down here. After all, the co-owners of the Balance Hair Spa in Exton and the Balance Hair Spa Studio in West Chester have lived in places both near and far, before finding their permanent home in…
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