{"id":278526,"date":"2026-09-03T23:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278526\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T23:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:58:17","slug":"global-force-in-pop-culture-toy-and-entertainment-company-opens-1st-lehigh-valley-store-eat-sip-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278526\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Global force in pop culture\u2019: Toy and entertainment company opens 1st Lehigh Valley store | Eat, Sip, Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. \u2013 The company behind the popular Labubu dolls and other designer toys is continuing to grow its brick-and-mortar footprint with a new store in Lehigh County.<\/p>\n<p>The first Lehigh Valley location of Pop Mart, a market-leading character-based entertainment company and a global champion of designer toy culture, opened on Friday, Aug. 28, at the Lehigh Valley Mall in Whitehall Township, a store manager told 69 News.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"popmart.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1945\" height=\"1066\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6a99f76a9d121.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"110\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The new store is located on the mall\u2019s lower level near Boscov\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>It occupies an updated space that was previously home to Sugar Bear, a candy store now known as Sugar Dynasty, which relocated to the former Francesca\u2019s space.<\/p>\n<p>Pop Mart labels itself a \u201crising global force in pop culture and entertainment,\u201d aiming to \u201ccelebrate daily moments and inspire through designer toys and fun experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pop Mart has more than 500 stores in over 30 countries and regions, along with more than 2,300 roboshops and e-commerce.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"popmart 12.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6a99f75f8d1e7.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Another regional Pop Mart store opened in recent weeks at the King of Prussia Mall in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus is IP incubation &amp; operations, designer toys and retail, theme parks &amp; experiences, also digital entertainment,\u201d a company description reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 We manage &amp; represent incredible artists from all over the world. Our roster spans dozens of iconic characters, like Molly, Dimoo, Skullpanda, The Monsters, Hirono and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the new Lehigh Valley Mall store, individuals can shop a wide array of popular character figurines, plush dolls, plush pendants and more.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"popmart 10.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6a99f75adf3c9.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Other popular characters and collections include Crybaby, Duckoo, Peach Riot and Twinkle Twinkle.<\/p>\n<p>The store operates during regular mall hours: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and noon to 6 p.m. Sundays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. \u2013 The company behind the popular Labubu dolls and other designer toys is continuing to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,116604,116603,13034,433,157,27786,91874,81334,116602,8785,116605,116601,1654],"class_list":["post-278526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-dimoo","tag-hirono","tag-labubu","tag-lehigh-county","tag-lehigh-valley","tag-lehigh-valley-mall","tag-lehigh-valley-mall-store","tag-pop-mart","tag-pop-mart-store","tag-shopping","tag-skullpanda","tag-twinkle-twinkle","tag-whitehall-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}