Quilt Loft opens on Shab Row offering quilts and classes
Betsy Anderson opens The Quilt Loft at 116 East St in Frederick offering hand made quilts fabrics and decorative items plus day and evening quilting classes. Michele Reilly leads group instruction with sessions on samplers vest making and Christmas pieces. The shop also hosts custom orders and features items from Amish and Mennonite sources with hours 10 am to 5 pm Monday through Saturday.
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Frederick
Shab Row
Betsy Anderson
Hagerstown
Ms. Anderson
Lancaster
Michele Reilly
Mount Airy
Raggedy Ann
Debbie Wolak
East St
Frederick developer buys Martinsburg center for 6.8 million
Frederick Business Properties president Michael G. Kelly says the Berkeley Plaza Shopping Center in Martinsburg West Virginia was purchased for 6.8 million. He compares the area to Frederick a decade ago and expects rents to cover the center with strong demand from retailers. The center includes a J C Penney and Sears. Kelly has no immediate plans for further local acquisitions.
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Frederick
Martinsburg
W.va
Michael G. Kelly
Frederick Business Properties
Berkeley Plaza
Kelly
J.C. Penney
Sears
Radio Shack
Nostalgia drives booming sales of vintage style items
Gruen Marketing Corp reintroduces Curvex wrist watches with modern quartz tech, drawing baby boomers to nostalgic reproductions. Lionel Trains revives classics under Lionel Inc, touting Railscope camera tech and doubled sales 1985 to 1988. Warner-Lambert brings back Beeman’s Black Jack and Clove gum for limited runs, citing strong customer demand and nostalgia as key driver.
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Gruen Marketing Corp
Secaucus
N.J
Gruen
Maryse Chavel
Ms. Chavel
Lionel Trains Inc. of
Mount Clemens, Mich
John Brady
Lionel
Mr. Brady
Warner-Lambert Co
Morris Plains
Beaman
Fortune 500 Surges Despite 1987 Stock Crash
The Fortune 500 reports a record year in 1987 with 9 percent higher sales totaling 1.88 trillion and profits rising to 91 billion. Chrysler returns to the top 10 aided by American Motors acquisition as the Rust Belt leads a broad corporate rebound across GM Exxon Ford IBM and others. New York remains HQ for 50 of the 500, Chicago 24, Pittsburgh 15, and several cities tie for seventh place.
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New York
America
Fortune Magazine
U.S
Fortune
Chrysler Corp
American Motors Corp
Chrysler
General Motors Corp
Exxon Corp
Ford Motor Co
International Business Machines Corp
Mobil Corp
General Electric Co
Texaco Inc
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
E.J. du Pont de Nemours
Chevron Corp
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Dallas
Houston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Minneapolis
St. Lewis
Stamford
Small businesses fear petty shoplifting rising locally
Small business owners share concerns about crime impacting shops including petty theft, with fears akin to national trends. They seek practical steps and community support to deter theft and protect livelihoods in their communities.
Maryland small business person of the year named
George French, president of Arundel Housing Components, receives Maryland Small Business Person of the Year award. Arundel, with five plants near Baltimore plus sites in Delaware and Tennessee, posted $17 million in sales last year and credits local manufacturing for success. The piece also covers shoplifting dynamics, types of offenders, and deterrence tips for retailers.
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George French
Arundel Housing Components
Maryland
Frederick
Baltimore
Delaware
Tennessee
Baltimore Evening Sun
French
Arundel
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W.va. Center
Frederick County
Monocacy Village
Cumberland Valley
Associated Builders and Contractors
Venice Inn
General Assembly
The
Maryland Petroleum Council
Warner-Lambert
Beeman’s
Chuck Yeager
Vermont
Addison H. Verrill
Dale System, Inc
Garden City
N.Y
Verrill
Ofml Sav
Thomas Jason Drib Erick Ated
Weiss
Mi Cates
NGS
Sovran Bank
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