A fashionable women’s clothes and accent boutique is established for a spring opening at The Promenade Retailers at Saucon Valley.
Love Obsessed programs to open up sometime in April, in accordance to a posting on the Facebook webpage of the Higher Saucon Township shopping destination. It’ll fill one of a few vacancies among Altar’d Condition and the quickly-to-open up Batch Microcreamery.
“We’re thrilled to convey this new retailer to the center!,” the submitting states.
Founder Stacy Palmerio of Montgomery County in January 2012 began Like Obsessed with a handmade jewellery line crafted from her dining area table.
Then a new mother, Palmerio commenced out by promoting her get the job done on the e-commerce handmade and classic products business, Etsy. She named the organization, “Love Obsessed,” owing to the preparing of a relatives Valentine’s Day celebration at the very same time she was launching the model, in accordance to the company’s site.
“I was just in adore with like,” Palmerio states, introducing Valentine’s Working day is her favorite vacation.
The business enterprise took off when Palmerio started noticing her do the job in the identical magazines she originally was drawing inspiration from. Assume People today, Alright!, Glamour, Vogue and Marie Claire, as well as several blogs, such as tv personality Lauren Conrad and The Zhush. That achievements led to participation in countrywide trunk demonstrates.
Palmerio knew she was onto some thing and commenced rising the manufacturer. A journey to some other women’s boutiques led to a want to get into the apparel style market. She explained the types she was seeing at other stores as “basic” and cookie-cutter.
Palmerio started operating on apparel patterns in a compact residence showroom. She showcased her get the job done by a VIP group on Fb.
“People ended up obsessed,” Palmerio mentioned. “Everything I purchased would provide out.”
With the level of popularity of the two her jewelry line and outfits patterns growing, Palmerio in August 2016 launched Really like Obsessed’s initial brick-and-mortar shop in Quakertown, Bucks County. 5 other spots followed — which include in Lansdale, Montgomery County in 2018 and a furthermore sized shop in Ocean Metropolis, New Jersey Souderton, Montgomery County and King of Prussia Mall in 2019.
By 2021, the organization introduced its initial warehouse spot at 110 S. Entrance St. in Souderton, Montgomery County. Patrons are invited to store the warehouse.
The company’s locator map, however, now lists just the warehouse internet site as its sole spot.
Palmerio informed lehighvalleylive.com struggles amid the coronavirus pandemic led to the closure of all the brick-and-mortar web pages. She then revamped the Adore Obsessed model with the warehouse area and a new app.
Palmerio reported she is psyched to get started up another brick-and-mortar retail store at The Promenade Retailers simply because it gives the procuring-middle feel she was searching for. She is organizing extra browsing center spots to adhere to in Montgomery County.
The on-line retail store sells Valentine’s Working day-encouraged looks, as nicely as attire, tops, lingerie and a breakdown of the brand’s Leading 25 appears to be. Some really hard-to-uncover products obtainable include things like “shackets,” rompers and jumpsuits. There’s a denim line, that includes a broad assortment of types and materials. There’s also a substantial wide variety of sneakers and slippers, luggage and purses.
Appreciate Obsessed is becoming a member of 3 other new tenants filling the popular buying centre that was ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.
As of early February, upward of 20 empty storefronts remained at The Promenade Retailers. Centennial took around in spring 2022 as its new management and leasing enterprise. Centennial has vowed to fill the areas.
Handmade Mystic, owned by Danyel Harrison, is celebrating its grand opening Saturday in house previously occupied by a shoe retailer — involving J.Jill and Hand & Stone Therapeutic massage. It’ll develop into the 3rd web page for the mother-and-pop retailer with other spots in Emmaus and Doylestown, Bucks County.
Countrywide chain eatery “Turning Point” afterwards this year also will be opening around UBreakIFix and Playa Bowls. The 4,450-sq.-foot restaurant is anticipated to maintain its grand opening someday between Oct to December, Krista Berardelli, promoting director and company improvement manager for The Promenade Shops, previously instructed lehighvalleylive.com.
Batch Microcreamery also programs to sign up for The Promenade’s roster afterwards this 12 months. The retail outlet will be at the corner in the vicinity of the AMC theater next to Lashes by Gab. Batch homeowners shut their stall at the Downtown Allentown Sector this previous May possibly partly owing to designs to broaden the shop, co-owner Rick Pongracz had mentioned.
Turning Point and Batch Microcreamery will be part of quite a few other eating selections, which includes Kome Good Japanese Delicacies, Pink Robin, Major Lower, Bar Louie, Torre, Playa Bowls, Soften, Starbucks and White Orchids Thai Delicacies.
Tenants that not long ago vacated include All Temperature Selvedge in December and Evolve Salon & Spa, someday this previous summer. All Climate Selvedge has considering that relocated to Lehigh Valley Mall in Whitehall with owner and previous NFL player Andre Williams scheduling an April 1 opening. The salon’s stylists later moved to B Chic Salon on Pennsylvania Avenue in Allentown, in accordance to a publish on the business’ Facebook website page.
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