Move Over, Big-Box Stores—Castle Toys and Games is in Town
Jeff and Linda Lyden have created a specialty store that keeps customers coming back.
Just when you thought the market for selling toys was cornered by big-box stores, along comes Castle Toys and Games. A year after opening in the Pine Tree Shoppes in Wexford, the store stays busy as it sells everything from old-fashioned favorites like marbles to more modern items like Power House, a kit of household experiments with renewable energy. We're talking sustainable living in the 21st century. Customers know co-owner Jeff Lyden by name and he is quick to give them personalized service that includes helping Mom slip a Santa gift into the car trunk undetected by the children traveling with her. His wife, Linda Lyden, chooses all the merchandise—she started the business in 2005 with a store in Beaver when their daughters went off …
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