Rival Store Crashes Party for Delran Business Owner
Moorestown's Kevin O'Neill says an empty shopping center, down economy and an unresponsive developer are driving him out of business.
After close to 25 years, Party Land in Delran is closing its doors. The reason? You just have to look across the street. Party City, the country’s largest party goods chain, opened around Christmastime in the Target shopping center nearby, and Kevin O’Neill, owner of Party Land, is already feeling the effects of the big-box store. He really felt it from Christmas to New Year’s. “I was 60 percent off from previous years that same week,” O’Neill, of Moorestown, said. “New Year’s Eve was always remarkable. I went back nine years and it was very, very consistent. Now, every day is off by more than half.” To make matters worse, Kimco, the developer for his shopping center—home to just Party Land and Dollar Tree now—is the same developer for the…
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Sue Bielawski
7:11 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
Will you still be making the balloon towers, we loved those! Congrats on having such a great business and thank you for being so supportive of the schools by generously providing balloons and supplies for book fairs and other school functions. We are going to miss PartyLand more ›