• Forbes: Man Who ‘Grew Up in Wyeth Country’ a Leader in Cannabis Industry

    Forbes: Man Who ‘Grew Up in Wyeth Country’ a Leader in Cannabis Industry

    With more than two decades of experience, Collin Palmer, who grew up in “Wyeth country”, is a leader in the cannabis industry with his proprietary solventless extraction and deep comprehension of cultivation and production across verticals, writes Andrew DeAngelo for Forbes.  Palmer, who is Head of Formulations at PAX, has accumulated a large genetic library…

  • Angst on the Assembly Line: Manufacturing in Phila. Area Sees Weakest Growth in Two Years

    Angst on the Assembly Line: Manufacturing in Phila. Area Sees Weakest Growth in Two Years

    A survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia shows that regional manufacturing expanded only marginally in May, recording the weakest growth in two years. John Carney reported the numbers for Breitbart. The Business Outlook Survey index for current general activity went down to 2.6 in May compared with 17.6 in April. The survey covers…

  • Chesco Home to Three of the Region’s Public Companies That Added or Lost the Most Employees Last Year

    Chesco Home to Three of the Region’s Public Companies That Added or Lost the Most Employees Last Year

    Chester County is home to a pair of the 10 public companies in the region that added the most employees in 2021. It’s also home to one of the 10 public companies that lost the most employees, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal.  To determine companies that either gained or lost the most…

  • Local Bakery Owner: Last Several Months of Neverending Price Increases ‘Far Worse’ Than Pandemic

    Local Bakery Owner: Last Several Months of Neverending Price Increases ‘Far Worse’ Than Pandemic

    Suburban bakeries are seeing prices rise on nearly every item they need to operate, forcing them to pass on some of these extra costs to consumers, writes Justin Backover for WFMZ 69 News. Kathleen Lochel, co-owner of Lochel’s Bakery in Hatboro, sees these neverending increases as a bigger issue than the pandemic ever was. “What…

  • Workforce Trends Put Extra Bucks in Area Wallets, Yet Phila.’s Windfall Lags National Stats

    Workforce Trends Put Extra Bucks in Area Wallets, Yet Phila.’s Windfall Lags National Stats

    While wage increase statistics are increasing steadily nationwide amid a candidate-friendly market, Greater Philadelphia still finds itself in the lower half of the list of wage increases nationally. Ty West and Ryan Mulligan tallied the implications for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Playbook reviewed Bureau of Labor Statistics data and found that average weekly earnings…

  • Delaware Tree Grower Advises Early Purchase of Your 2021 Christmas Tree

    Delaware Tree Grower Advises Early Purchase of Your 2021 Christmas Tree

    It might be a little early to purchase a Christmas tree, farmers in nearby Delaware warn that supplies are short. Worse, scarcity is seen in both real and artificial trees. Rodaris Richardson found the root causes for WDRE Coast TV. Don Halloway, tree farm owner, says a number of factors will make the 2021 hunt…

  • Montgomery County’s beMarketing Shortlisted by US Search Awards in Three Categories

    Montgomery County’s beMarketing Shortlisted by US Search Awards in Three Categories

    The Montgomery County-based marketing firm, beMarketing, has been shortlisted by the prestigious US Search Awards to recognize the ever-expanding world of search marketing. beMarketing has been shortlisted in the following three categories: Best use of Search – Retail / Ecommerce Best Local PPC Campaign Best Small Integrated Agency “This is an incredible honor to be shortlisted among the…

  • You Won’t Believe How Much Malls in the U.S. Lost Their Value in 2020

    You Won’t Believe How Much Malls in the U.S. Lost Their Value in 2020

    With vaccines gradually becoming more accessible, many people are hopeful that the hardships caused by the pandemic may soon be over. However, now one year removed from when COVID began spreading in America, the financial fallout from its damage is becoming clear. As reported by John Gittelsohn at Bloomberg, appraisals have revealed that malls in…

  • Exton Mall Owner Dodges Delisting on Stock Exchange

    Exton Mall Owner Dodges Delisting on Stock Exchange

    The Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, which owns Exton Square Mall, has managed to dodge being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. PREIT’s share price stabilized following its exit from bankruptcy, after new leeway was given by its creditors, writes Jacob Adelman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. PREIT said in a regulatory filing that it…