MB Bride & Special Occasion News Articles & Staff Pictures
Award Winning Service at MB Bride
A dedication to personalized service is what has helped MB Bride achieve what few businesses accomplish: celebrate their 14th anniversary in business.
Says owner Maja Pederson, “It’s amazing, we are now getting brides as far away as Ohio and West Virginia. Word-of-mouth is powerful. I am looking forward to the next ten years!”
The store has won several awards including “Carlson Craft Distinguished Dealer” for outstanding sales and service of wedding invitations and “Bridal Professional-of-the- Year” by readers of the Weddingpages publication.
“We are quite pleased with the recognition. Our hard work and dedication to service has really helped our business grow,” says Pederson.
Her store also has gotten bridal industry recognition when it was one of only nine stores in the country to be invited to an all expenses paid trip to New York City to preview and critique a new line of gowns from Sweetheart Gowns.
“The purchase of wedding apparel is one of the most service intense purchases a woman will make,” explains Pederson. “Bridal gowns are extremely personal purchases, and brides really want and need expert consulting in finding the right gown. Also, once the woman has her gown, she needs alterations, steaming and pressing the gown, and help with her accessories. There really is a lot involved.”
The store has even written its own custom computer software to take customer service to the highest possible level. “We can double and triple check anything,” says Pederson. ”When you are doing an entire wedding, right down to dyeing shoes, knowing that nothing can be overlooked is a real benefit to our customers!”
MB Bride Expands Store – Celebrates 12 Years of Service
A dedication to personalized service is what has helped MB Bride achieve what few businesses accomplish: celebrate their twelfth anniversary in business. And for the second time, the store is expanding its floor space in order to add to their already impressive bridal, bridesmaids, prom and mother’s dress inventories.
Says owner Maja Pederson, “It’s amazing. We get brides as far away as Ohio and West Virginia. Just this past week, we had a bride drive four hours from Maryland. Word-of-mouth is powerful.”
The store has won several awards including “Carlson Craft Distinguished Dealer” for outstanding sales and service of wedding invitations and “Bridal Professional-of-the- Year” by readers of the Weddingpages publication.
“We are quite pleased with the recognition. Our hard work and dedication to service has really helped our business grow,” says Pederson.
“The purchase of wedding apparel is one of the most service intense purchases a woman will make,” explains Pederson. “Bridal gowns are extremely personal purchases, and brides really want and need expert consulting in finding the right gown. Once the bride has her gown, she needs alterations, steaming and pressing the gown, and help with her accessories. There really is a lot involved.”
The store has even written its own custom computer software to take customer service to the highest possible level. “We can double and triple check anything,” says Pederson. ”When you are doing an entire wedding, right down to dyeing shoes, knowing that nothing can be overlooked is a real benefit to our customers!”
MB Bride has a selection of gowns unmatched by most other bridal stores. They are an authorized retailer for designers Demetrios, Alfred Angelo, Mori Lee, Jasmine, Mon Cheri, Sweetheart, Ian Stuart, Maggie Sottero, Bonny’s, Mary’s, Jim Hjelm, Watters & Watters, Bill Levkoff, Jordan, Dessy, B2, Belsoie, Bari Jay, After Six, Wtoo, Montage, Caterina, Alfred Sung, Sean, Je Matadi, Tiffany, Dalia, Symphony, Edward Berger, Betty Wales, Ansonia and many others.
MB Bride & Special Occasion Staff
Our staff is always learning the newest wedding fashion trends. Heading to Bridal Markets and designer seminars is always fun for our staff and it keeps them up-to-date on all the latest styles, upcoming fashion trends and more. Bridal "Market" occurs twice a year. We generally go to Chicago and New York as well as Las Vegas.
From left to right, top to bottom. Row 1, Left: 2Be Bride designer Martin Thornburg talks to our staff about some of the details of his designs. 1R: Our buyers watch a runway show. 2L: MB Bride owner makes the first ever donation to Christian Laymen Foundation of $1,500. 2R: Our Prom buyers with Alyce prom designer and owner Jean Paul. 3L: Some of staff with designer Ian Stuart (proudly holding his Designer Excellence in the Industry Award -- DEBI-- award). 3R: World famous Jim Hjelm and some of our staff at our store during a James Clifford Collection Trunk Show.
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Murrysville Star Awards Winning Service at Modern Bride of Greensburg
Modern Bride of Greensburg has been voted by readers of the Murrysville Star, Norwin News as the #1 Bridal shop in the Eastern Pittsburgh suburbs.
“We are quite pleased with the recognition. Being in our seventh year, we knew it would take a little time before the public recognized us,” says owner Maja Pederson.
The store recently got bridal industry attention as well. It was one of only nine shops in the country to be invited to preview and critique the new bridal gowns from Sweetheart Gowns.
“They are one of the top selling bridal designers in the world, and we were thrilled to be asked to give our opinion,” said manager Renee Greene. The all expenses paid trip to New York City was “first class,” said Greene, “and it is great to know that they value our fashion judgment.”
Modern Bride of Greensburg has also been named “Carlson Craft Distinguished Dealer” for outstanding service and sales of invitations, as well as voted “Bridal Professional of the Year” by readers of the “Weddingpages” publication.
“We work really hard to keep things organized and accurate,” says Pederson, “we wrote our own computer program just so we could keep track of everything as accurately as possible. It is nice to get this kind of recognition.”
