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Trader Joe’s Is Opening a Second Location in Philadelphia
Philly Is Getting Another Trader Joe’s We’d heard rumors for almost a year that Trader Joe’s was looking at adding a second location in the […]
The Best Health, Wellness, and Fitness Amazon Prime Day Deals
Amazon Prime Day is basically Black Friday in the summer, except Prime members literally don’t need to leave the house in order to scoop up […]
11 Trader Joe’s Gems You Can Buy Right From Amazon
This post has been updated. You know those times when you really don’t want to schlep to Trader Joe’s, but you’re dying for avocado sprinkled with the […]
City Council’s Cashless Store Bill: Four Things to Know
City Council pushed back against the specter of Silicon Valley digitization on Thursday, passing a bill that would force stores to accept cash as a […]
Sad Day for Philly Package Thieves: Amazon Opens Center City Pickup Location
With package theft an ongoing problem in the city — the police department actually just shared yet another video of yet another package theft suspect […]
How Small Philly Businesses Are Taking Advantage of Amazon This Holiday Season
Last holiday season, about half of online retail purchases were made on Amazon, and this year, a new platform from the e-commerce giant is helping […]
Amazon Won’t Ship a Toy Slingshot to My House in Philadelphia
It’s Cyber Monday, so naturally, like any good American consumer, I’m planning on doing some Christmas shopping on Amazon Prime. We use Amazon Prime quite […]
Philadelphia Dodged a Major Bullet by Not Getting Amazon HQ2
On Monday night, I did a happy dance. After a year of anxious hype and legitimate caution, news finally broke that Amazon’s second headquarters won’t […]
Here’s What Philadelphia Offered Amazon in HQ2 Competition
At long last, city officials on Tuesday night released their now-rejected proposal for Amazon’s second headquarters. What’s inside? We now know that Philly offered the […]
GoPuff to Build Big New Headquarters in Old City
We didn’t win the Amazon bid, but at least we have goPuff: Everyone’s favorite late-night munchies deliverer has just announced that it will build its […]
Confirmed: Amazon Was Never Coming to Philadelphia
After 13 months of nonstop Amazon HQ2 hullabaloo, we can all breathe again, for we can officially confirm what many of us knew deep down: […]
As Philly’s Amazon HQ2 Hopes Dim, Details Emerge of the City’s Secret Pitch Dinner
Philadelphia first submitted its bid to be the site of Amazon’s second headquarters, known as HQ2, in October 2017 and made the short list in […]
If Amazon’s Hiring Is Any Indication, Philly Definitely Won’t Land HQ2
Jeff Bezos and Amazon’s board of directors descended upon Washington, D.C. on Tuesday ahead of local appearances for Bezos, leading observers to speculate that the […]
Philly Is Trying Really, Really Hard to Keep Its Amazon HQ2 Bid a Secret
Philadelphia-affiliated organizations have now spent more than $500,000 on the city’s bid to house Amazon’s second headquarters, according to Billy Penn. What, exactly, the city is using […]
Ritz Theaters, Like Everything Else, Might Soon Be Owned by Amazon
Citing “people familiar with the situation,” Bloomberg on Thursday reported that Amazon is angling to acquire Landmark Theaters, parent company of Philly’s Ritz theaters, from […]