Oct 1, 2013

Merger of Couple’s Households Grows Into Eclectic ShopBy Brian IanieriPressofAtlanticCity.com

Dennis Township, NJ – At their new shop on Route 9, John and Marilyn Pagliei spent a recent Wednesday morning chatting with customers who walked in to the Paisley Parasol, an eclectic store carrying items from estate pieces to homemade pillows.

“They’re here for the socialization of it and meeting people, and that’s hard to come by,” said Marianne Horan, a repeat customer from Franklin Square, N.Y.

For John Pagliei, 59, a practicing dentist in Bucks County, Pa., and Marilyn Pagliei, a retired home economics teacher, the Paisley Parasol grew out of the idea to sell items from a co-op four years ago as the newly married couple combined households.

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