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Handful of Chester County Residents Among Main Line Today’s ’15 Local Leaders Under 30’
Main Line Today has profiled a handful of Chester County residents who are making serious waves in the community as part of its “Next Gen 2020: 15 Local Leaders Under the Age of 30,” writes Lisa Dukart for the magazine. Jess Cadorette of Phoenixville has always loved nature and has dedicated her career to protecting…
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Owner of Berwyn Restaurant Ready to Welcome Guests Outside: ‘New Normal Won’t Be So Normal’
Berwyn restaurant 30 MAIN is ready to welcome guests outside and is preparing for inside dining once Chester County moves into the green phase, writes Bill Rettew for the Daily Local News. Starting on Friday, owner Mike DiDomenico will be able to welcome up to 100 diners at a time. He is also looking to…
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Philadelphia Entrepreneur Gets a Boost from QVC and HSN
By Jennifer Leonard Philadelphia-based entrepreneur Marguerite Adzick is the founder and owner of Addison Bay, an online retailer for women’s premium activewear. Launched just two years ago, the company was hit hard by the outbreak of Covid-19. “We didn’t have the cash reserve built up over time for major downturns,” Adzick says. “We were in…
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With SCORE, You Don’t Have to Go It Alone in Your Small Business
Where can you get help when you’re starting up a business or trying to get your small business off the ground? How do you plan to re-start your business in a post-pandemic marketplace? SCORE, the largest volunteer business expert network in the nation, is here for you. SCORE, established in 1964, is a resource partner…
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Transition to Virtual Final Exams Left WCU with Some Unexpected Surprises, Future Lessons
The transition to virtual classes and final exams left West Chester University with several unexpected surprises and some valuable lessons for the future, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. While some schools decided to use the honor system with their students for final exams, so many WCU professors requested electronically monitored exams that the…
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Vanguard’s $50 Billion Woman Capitalizes on the ‘Lemons’ the Market Gave Us in March
Gemma Wright-Casparius, the sole head of Vanguard’s four actively managed mutual funds with combined assets of around $50 billion, has made some winning trades for the investment giant amidst the pandemic, writes Liz McCormick for Bloomberg. The veteran fixed-income portfolio manager realized that – with the liquidity gone – older, less-traded Treasuries presented a nice…
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Resident of London Grove Township to Get His 15 Minutes of Fame
Alex Pyle, a manager of Brandywine Ace Pet and Farm in Pocopson Township, is starring in several new commercials that promote the franchise’s brand nationally, writes Jen Samuel for the Daily Local News. Ace, which has more than 5,000 stores across the globe, has run several new commercials this year, including one that addresses the…
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3 Keys to Getting Your Invention on QVC from Entrepreneur Connie Inukai
By Jennifer Leonard First-time entrepreneur Connie Inukai, 72, knew impressing QVC would be an enormous challenge. The retail giant sees more than 10,000 vendor applications a year, and only about 500 get the greenlight to appear on its TV channels and digital platforms. But Inukai, inventor of the Tip ‘n Split, says there are three…
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Open or Not? Speak Up, Speak Out
By Terence Farrell and Ken Knickerbocker We’re all doing the same thing. Watching the news about the pandemic, paying attention to what states are opening back up and which aren’t, pondering why one state is taking one approach while a neighboring state seems headed in a radically different direction. We watch, we listen, we read,…
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Malvern-Bred Singer Riding ‘Emotional Roller Coaster’ Since Her Short-Lived Run on Reality TV
Malvern native Julia Rae became a national celebrity after her short-lived but tumultuous appearance on the first season of The Bachelor Presents: Listen To Your Heart, writes Caroline O’Halloran for SAVVY Main Line. During her four episodes on the show, a music-focused spinoff of the popular dating program, Rae drew the ire of viewers for…
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Is Your Product Right for QVC?
By Jennifer Leonard Each year, QVC searches the country for new products perfect to go on air. Entrepreneurs are discovered at trade shows, via professional vendor representatives, on social media and from thousands of online applications. But what does it take for a product to impress QVC buyers? Here are four must-have qualities: Highly demonstrable…
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Update on the Tenant Eviction and Foreclosure Proceeding Moratorium in Pennsylvania
By Katherine E. LaDow The prohibition against evictions of non-paying tenants and defaulting mortgagors within the Commonwealth has been extended through July 10, 2020 by an Order signed by Governor Tom Wolf on May 7, 2020. In a press release, Governor Wolf explained, “Ensuring that people can remain in their homes will help them to…
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Malvern Bank Helps Decades-Old Art Show Respond to COVID-19
What happens when a nonprofit’s most important annual fundraiser is closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic? That is the situation faced by the nation’s approximately 1.5 million nonprofits. The coronavirus has altered the lives of every American, and many businesses – including nonprofits – are facing dire economic repercussions as a result. “Many nonprofits are…
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For First Time Ever in Chester County, Registered Democrats Outnumber Registered Republicans
The Democratic Party continues to make strides in Chester County, where, for the first time, registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans – by 288 voters, writes Andrew Seidman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. This is the latest in a line of milestones Democrats have achieved in Chester County in recent years. These include getting a Democrat elected…
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GWCC Connects WCU Marketing Students to Local Businesses in Need Amidst Pandemic
The Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with West Chester University to connect the university’s marketing students to local businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 shutdown. In September 2019, GWCC and WCU announced their GWCC/WCU Marketing Partnership Program, a collaborative effort designed to pair groups of upper-level marketing students with chamber-member businesses…
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Accounting for This WCU Alum’s Remarkable Rebound
The West Chester University debut of Angela Wilsey could not have been more inauspicious. Fond more of campus social life than academics, she flunked out — at age 19 and pregnant — as a sophomore. Undeterred, five years later, the 24-year-old mother of two preschoolers rematriculated. Working and attending classes full time, she earned her…
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How One Woman Made 800 sales on QVC in Five Minutes
By Jennifer Leonard Connie Inukai, 72, from North Potomac, Md., is an unlikely first-time entrepreneur and QVC success story. She wasn’t bitten by the business bug until her 60s, but the mom of three and grandmother of five saw a need for her Baby-Boomer generation and didn’t hesitate to fill it. In 2013, while sitting…
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West Chester Vendor Rep Brings Hundreds of New Products to QVC Every Year
By Jennifer Leonard If you brewed your morning cup of Joe in a Keurig coffee maker, you may want to thank T.O. Epps, president of T.O. Epps & Associates, a West Chester-based firm that specializes in bringing products to QVC. He introduced Keurig to the retailer in 2005, and they’ve now sold more than 3.5…
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