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LOS ANGELES, California. Franchise Development Department members Mike Derse and Jon Monahan met with future franchises at Franchise Expo West Nov 2-4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Learning Express was found at booth number 316. Free registration was available through the Franchise Expo West website using the promotion code LETOYS. Top 10 Reasons to attend Franchise Expo West Meet …
LOS ANGELES, California – Learning Express Toys will exhibit at the 2017 Franchise Expo West on November 2, 3 and 4, held downtown at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The three-day event is the west coast’s largest franchise show with over 200 franchise brands in every industry at all investment levels.
CYPRESS, Texas Learning Express Toys took part in the annual Cy-Fair this past weekend. Owner Shannon Fritz took the opportunity to celebrate her 10th year of being part of the Learning Express family. The event included character visits and a store-wide sale. View the event in the Community Impact Newspaper Visit Shannon’s store in-person, or stay in touch on their …
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tennessee. Patrick and Joanna Holland, owners of Mountain Top Toys, purchased the Chattanooga Learning Express franchise location on August 1 and began a conversion process for their existing store, to be called Mountain Top Toys, a Learning Express store. The conversion process will take approximately one year to complete, but the couple is already on their way. They …
Lake Zurich, IL. Rick Derr, owner of Learning Express Toys of Lake Zurich, was recently featured in a Gazette Day article, by Erica Smith. Erica discusses the collaboration between Learning Express, Aloha Construction and the Dave Farbaky Foundation for their annual charity event to bring joy to underprivileged children in their area. Aloha Construction created the Dave Farbaky Foundation to …
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Learning Express Toys of Tulsa, OK and of San Antonio (Quarry Market) recently joined Barron’s in a letter-writing campaign in celebration of their new picture book, Dear Dinosaur. Young readers became pen pals with the book’s main character. Read the entire article here.
Milford, MA. Learning Express of Westborough, MA, which reopened July 24 at 50 E. Main St. in Westborough, MA, was recently featured in a Milford Daily News article by Mike Gleason. Mike discussed the transition of the store from the previous owner, Tina Jacobson, to Mike & Lauren Derse of Harvard, MA. The store first opened in 2005 with franchise …
Westfield, NJ. The Westfield, NJ Learning Express Toys hosted a Downtown Rock-Painting Party on July 25, 2017, where more than 25 children painted “spirit” rocks to keep or hide in the community. To read the original article by Jackie Lieberman, click the link below. https://www.tapinto.net/towns/westfield/articles/westfield-kids-get-in-the-spirit-at-rock-painting
WESTBOROUGH, MA. Learning Express Toys, the nation’s largest educational toy franchise, welcomes new owners Lauren and Mike Derse to its Westborough location. The toy store temporarily closed in June when previous owner Tina Jacobson retired and moved out of state. The new owners plan to re-open July 24. To celebrate, the store will hold a Grand Re-Opening Sept. 8-10 with …
Wilmington, North Carolina Learning Express Toys is happy to announce Mark and Angel Fair as the new owners of the Wilmington location. The Fairs are taking over the reins from Ed and Shelley Hobson, who opened the store in 1995. Ed & Shelley were a leader in the Wilmington community for over 22 years and they will be missed. Learning …
