WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. – With store rent set to increase, a retailer plans to cease brick-and-mortar operations in Lehigh County.
Handmade Mystic, a family-owned business selling crystals, jewelry, unique gifts and more, will close its brick-and-mortar location at 2180 MacArthur Road, Unit 6A, in Whitehall Township later this fall as the owners and business relocate to Florida, according to an online announcement.
Handmade Mystic began as an online Etsy shop in 2014, and husband and wife operators Andrew and Danyel Harrison opened their first brick-and-mortar store in 2021 at 2 S. Fourth St. in Emmaus.
A second store followed in 2022 on South Main Street in Doylestown, and a third store opened in March 2023 at Promenade Saucon Valley, then known as The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley…