Center City business weathers tough forecast

The former hotel manager says hospitality principles apply to retail. That includes free hot apple cider on cold days and fresh popped popcorn at each day. The amateur inventory gaffe was no small thing. There would be no room for inventory mistakes. But Absolute Pop would have even less margin for error. It sells just three products wooden signs small art blocks and tin signs each for under . It was tough said White a novice at running his own shop because I saw money not being made. Mistakes can be costly. I learned in the hotel business that every concept . has to have signature items said McManaman a former luxury hotel manager who believes hospitality principles apply to retail. and follow up phone calls at home after every purchase for starters. They opened their first shop near th and Walnut Streets in March . White who had dabbled in many different jobs has an eye and flair for the visual. He said he believed loft art had not yet developed its f! ull potential in the retail marketplace. McManaman whose father was an artist had a soft spot for art if not a talent for it. He also sensed opportunity in the city s residential building boom. Warehouses bearing loft apartments need artwork he said. We want to become known as the go to place for affordable art. Our whole goal he said is to keep it simple. Store traffic at first was sluggish. So McManaman began knocking on fellow merchants doors and networked with the neighborhood s biggest developers. By June the group had a name and held its first meeting. Midtown Village is now a fully incorporated merchants association. It will elect a board early next year. In April at the urging of their landlord the partners expanded into an adjacent store that had gone vacant. They expanded their display of loft art. That same landlord beseeched them to expand when yet another store on the other side went vacant. Really there was a need for a lower price point option M! cManaman said. They had realized that many customers didn t want to spend hundreds of dollars on prints. This year December has been fantastic said McManaman. Both stores have done well. Contact staff writer Maria Panaritis at or mpanaritisphillynews. battle for pro soccer Video Could tigers get out at Phila. battle for pro soccer Street delivery. Barabak and Seema Mehta St.

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