Retail
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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),…
















































