Retail
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QVC Expands To France With First Broadcasts Anticipated For 2015
West Chester-based QVC, which brings video and ecommerce shopping into 300 million homes in the U.S., Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy and China – is now expanding into France. QVC plans to launch its new service there during the second quarter of 2015. “As the second largest economy in the European Union, with a robust…
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What’s In Store For Local Jos. A. Bank And Men’s Wearhouse Stores If The Acquisition Finalizes April 23?
Men’s Wearhouse Inc. has offered to purchase rival Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. for about $1.8 billion – an offer which expires April 23. It’s unclear whether this will mean mergers or closings for any of the five Jos. A. Bank stores in Chester County or for the sole Men’s Wearhouse store in Exton. The…
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Local Subways Ditch Yoga-Mat Chemical Used In Bread
This April, the 12 Subway restaurants in Chester County are featuring Flatizzas – six-inch mozzarella and marinara pizzas on super crispy flatbread with a variety of toppings. But the big news for foodies is by the end of the month Subway will completely remove Azodicarbonamide (ADA) from its core bread formulations. Subway says it began…
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Wawa On Top Of Fuel Pricing With New PriceNet System
While the change is unlikely to be noticed by those grabbing gas and coffee at their local Wawa, the major regional convenience store has just purchased the Kalibrate PriceNet fuel pricing system, which will soon be implemented at 382 Wawa fuel sites. PriceNet allows retail networks to quickly respond to competitors and market conditions to…
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Dansko’s Mimi Curry Receives 2014 Executive Management Award
Mimi Curry, chief operations officer for Dansko in West Grove, was named a 2014 Executive Management Award winner by SmartCEO Magazine. The publication recognized Curry and other Philadelphia region business leaders for leading collaboratively and creatively, upholding the highest ethics and supporting their organization’s mission. “The Executive Management Awards celebrate executives like Mimi Curry who…
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International Chocolatier Bissinger’s Selects Software System By Wayne-Based Deacom, Inc.
Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier, known since the 17th century for creating outrageously decadent chocolate treats such as blue cheese and chocolate covered wine grapes, has selected local company Deacom, Inc. of Wayne to streamline its operations. Bissinger’s will use Deacom’s ERP software solution specifically for food manufacturing to drive their growth and improve productivity. Bissinger’s joins…
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Ricoh Americas Gains Electronics Industry Honors For Making An Impact
Ricoh Americas Corporation gained top honors at the CIO Impact Awards in San Francisco for saving millions of dollars and reinforcing the company’s position as a leader in information services. The Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company, with local offices in Malvern and Wilmington, took best in class, technology partner and game changer honors during…
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Ricoh Americas Corporation To Be Named 2014 ENERGY STAR Partner
Last year Ricoh Americas Corporation, with local offices in Malvern and Wilmington, helped American families and businesses save $297 billion on their utility bills and prevented more than 2.1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Those figures have captured the attention of the federal government, and on April 29 the company will be recognized…
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PREIT, Owner Of Exton Mall, To List First Quarter Financials As Mall Sets April Events
The Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, which owns the Exton Square Mall, plans to release its financial results for the first quarter of 2014 after trading closes on Wednesday, April 23. A conference call to review the company’s results and future outlook is scheduled for 11 a .m. Thursday, April 24. Those who would like…
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Home Depot Reports Strong Fourth Quarter Sales, Seeks New Customer Service Workers
Home Depot, with four stores in Chester County, recently reported store sales for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ending in 2013 increased by 4.4 percent. Home Depot operates stores in West Sadsbury, Downingtown, Frazer and West Chester. The company also announced it will hire 80,000 new part-time sales and customer service associates nationwide…
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Wegmans Named One Of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies To Work For
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., which has local stores in Downingtown and Malvern, is listed as one of the 100 best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine. This is the 17th year in a row the family-owned grocery store chain has appeared on the Fortune list. Fortune also recognized Wegmans as a 2014 Best Company Allstar.…
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Time After Time Opens At Exton Square Mall
Time After Time, a retail store specializing in sales and repair of designer watches, recently had its grand opening at the Exton Square Mall. The store is located on Level 2 of the mall and carries 40 different brands of watches and 5,000 styles, according to the company’s web site. Time After Time has 13…
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Fate Of Eight Chester County Staples Stores Uncertain
Employees of some of the region’s eight Staples stores may have to reinvent themselves as the company reinvents itself. The company recently announced plans to close up to 225 stores in the U.S. by the end of 2015. “A year ago, we announced a plan to fundamentally reinvent our company,” Ron Sargent, Staples’ chairman and…
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Radio Shack Stays Mum On Fate Of Chester County Stores
Local consumers of technology may soon be echoing the very amusing RadioShack commercial aired during last month’s Super Bowl – “The 80s called. They want their store back.” RadioShack recently announced it plans to close as many as 1,100 of its 4,300 stores nationwide in a company effort to reinvigorate stores, revamp products and reposition…
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Parent Company Year-end Report Shows Stable Sales For QVC In 2013
QVC, a leading international television and ecommerce retailer based in West Chester, is showing stable sales and growth from its eCommerce groups for 2013 despite the economic downturn. “QVC posted strong results in the US and UK for the fourth quarter driven by a return on strategic investments in TV and digital efforts and solid…
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National Retailer Closing Exton Mall Store
The Exton Square Mall J.C. Penney’s Store is scheduled to close Saturday, May 3, 2014. This closure will impact 59 J.C. Penny full-time and part-time employees The company will relocate employees whenever possible and will provide separation benefits plus a two-day, on-site job-seeking training. Economists differ in their views of the future for J.C. Penny…
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Acme Will Close Two County Grocery Stores
Come the first of March, Malvern based Acme Markets will have two fewer Chester stores. The company announced last week Acme stores at the intersection of Route 202 and Street Road in Westtown and in the Whiteland Town Center shopping plaza in Exton will be shuttered. Both stores, according to company spokesman, were unprofitable and…
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Daughter of Chester County’s Wealthiest Resident a Growing Force in the Shoe Industry
Starting a new shoe label isn’t easy, especially in today’s competitive environment, but Mary Alice Malone and Roy Luwolt have found a formula that has propelled them to the top in only three years, writes Stephanie Hirschmiller for Footwear News. The daughter of Campbell Soup heiress and Chester County’s wealthiest resident (Mary Alice Dorrance Malone),…
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