{"id":2009,"date":"2013-11-20T14:37:08","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T19:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/motherdaughter-team-open-learning-express-toys-store-in-collegeville-pa\/"},"modified":"2013-11-20T14:37:08","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T19:37:08","slug":"motherdaughter-team-open-learning-express-toys-store-in-collegeville-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pos.learningexpress.net\/franchise\/motherdaughter-team-open-learning-express-toys-store-in-collegeville-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother\/Daughter Team Open Learning Express Toys Store in Collegeville, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Collegeville, PA Store\" href=\"https:\/\/fran.learningexpress.com\/wpi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/collegeville-go-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9743 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/fran.learningexpress.com\/wpi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/collegeville-go-2-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"Collegeville, PA Store\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u201cEveryone should have a neighborhood toy store,\u201d exclaimed new franchise owner Kim Dawson. On November 20, Kim and her mother Wendy Shenberg opened a Learning Express Toys store in Collegeville, PA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe live in a tight-knit community,\u201d Kim said. \u201cAnd, we look forward to making a difference in the region by offering fun in-store classes and events as well as hosting fundraising campaigns.\u201d Longtime customers, Kim and Wendy have always been impressed by the exemplary customer service and the educational aspect of Learning Express Toys. \u201cWe wanted to share the Learning Express experience with Collegeville,\u201d noted Kim.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Collegeville, PA Store\" href=\"https:\/\/fran.learningexpress.com\/wpi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/collegeville-go-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9744 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/fran.learningexpress.com\/wpi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/collegeville-go-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Collegeville, PA Store\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>With 12-foot ceilings and 2,800 square feet of space, this location is a toy mavens\u2019 dream. During the Grand Opening Weekend, the store offered a 20% storewide discount in addition to contests, prizes, raffles, and giveaways. Families enjoyed face painting and special visits from Elmo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Both Kim and Wendy have extensive experience working with children. Kim previously was an elementary school teacher, and Wendy is a retired English teacher.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A phenomenal location and incredibly energetic owners have combined to make this Learning Express Toys a quick success. We are thrilled to welcome this mother\/daughter team to the Learning Express Toys family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEveryone should have a neighborhood toy store,\u201d exclaimed new franchise owner Kim Dawson. On November 20, Kim and her mother Wendy Shenberg opened a Learning Express Toys store in Collegeville, PA. \u201cWe live in a tight-knit community,\u201d Kim said. \u201cAnd, we look forward to making a difference in the region by offering fun in-store classes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-franchising"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pos.learningexpress.net\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pos.learningexpress.net\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pos.learningexpress.net\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pos.learningexpress.net\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pos.learningexpress.net\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pos.learningexpress.net\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pos.learningexpress.net\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pos.learningexpress.net\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pos.learningexpress.net\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}