At a high-profile entrance to the Federal Realty development, the iconic logo should get the attention of pedestrians and drivers passing on Old Georgetown Road. The store is scheduled to open on August 18.
Tuesday, August 09, 2016
Swoosh installed at future Nike Factory Store at Pike & Rose (Photos)
At a high-profile entrance to the Federal Realty development, the iconic logo should get the attention of pedestrians and drivers passing on Old Georgetown Road. The store is scheduled to open on August 18.
Isn't their logo called the Swoosh not the Swish?
ReplyDeleteIt's known as the 'swoosh' Dyer
ReplyDeleteNow this is an example of a "Freudian slip".
ReplyDeleteMaybe Dyer spent too much time watching the gymnastic events at the Olympics last night?
Hopefully they stick around. I heard factory stores are mostly for brand awareness vs profit generating - anyone know more?
ReplyDelete5:18 and 5:22, it's not like Robert Dyer never makes a mistake. Come on, now.
It's a simple mistake. Robert Dyer is man enough to admit when he makes mistakes.
ReplyDeleteDyer the "Swisher", has a ring to it.
ReplyDeleteCome on people. Does it really matter if it's swish or swoosh. I'm just glad that Mr. Dyer is on the ball. How else would we be able to stay up on this important news that Nike has installed their trademark logo on the store. It's just so important. Mr. Dyer, please continue to keep us informed of such news, like when stores install awnings and such. You're performing some important journalistic work here, especially since the local newspapers aren't on the beat anymore. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDelete9:16: Yeah, not only keeping you up to date on retail like this, but also the only news outlet to blow the lid off a covered-up underground fuel spill in Bethesda. The only news outlet tò report on the frightening results of the state audit of MCPS. The only news outlet to expose the bizarre Wall Street money machine funding Councilmember Hans Riemer's campaigns. And so much more. As readers know, retail updates are only one of the many topics covered here.
Delete@6:07am Big money-makers actually, because they get the full sale. When their product is sold at a retailer, about 50% of what you pay goes to the retailer, and the rest to the manufacturer.
ReplyDeleteNow "factory store" makes me think outlet store. Those make even more money. It used to be outlets were to sell of factory seconds and damaged items, but now there are so many outlets, and not enough of such items (factories are more efficient now). So instead, they make special lines of a product just to be sold at their outlets. Those often use cheaper materials or assembly techniques.
In short, outlet stores are pretty much just a racket. I guess we'll be seeing some of that soon -- they are building one in Clarksburg right off 270.
9:16 AM Dyer is providing the tick tock updates on this rapidly changing area.
ReplyDeleteIt's great to have another Metro accessible store!
Indeed! Way to go, Montgomery County!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for correcting the title, Robert. We can't wait to open up our new flagship store in North Bethesda. The swoosh means a lot to us!
ReplyDeleteSWOOOOOOOOSH. That's fun to say!
ReplyDeleteWhy were the Hans Riemer comments deleted? Can your readers no longer be happy when new businesses locate to Montgomery County?
ReplyDelete6:49: If you believe Riemer had anything whatsoever to do with the Nike Factory Store coming to Montgomery County, and are knowledgeable about the votes Riemer has cast and his record of failure since 2010, you need a full psychiatric evaluation.
ReplyDeleteDidn't you say Riemer and his nighttime economy imitative had something to do with store closings too?
Delete5:22: His nighttime economy initiative ended with 9 bars closing in downtown Bethesda alone, and CVS ending overnight hours for the pharmacy inside their Arlington Road store, and Barnes & Noble reducing late night hours.
ReplyDeleteAs far as "store closings" in general, Riemer's votes on other tax, regulation, minimum wage, redevelopment via sector plan, etc. bills are as much to blame as his nighttime fiasco.
Anti-business votes and policies can't be credited for store openings, I'm afraid.
Which specific policies from Hans Riemer caused each of these "9 bars" to close?
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Same question as 6:34am.
DeleteAnd if all these things attributed to Riemer are why you consider him responsible for the closings, would not all these same things also be why one would consider him responsible for the openings during the same time period?
You mean, you guys don't follow the Council votes and bills as they come up?
ReplyDeleteJust for starters, the tax increases, energy tax extension, and minimum wage hike were devastating to businesses operating in the slim profit margin dining sector.
Riemer's failures to improve the nighttime economy, and get the government out of the liquor business added to the above to "cause each of these 9 bars to close."
None of the Riemer votes or failures I listed helped to attract Nike or any other store.
6:34AM - What's the point? He could present you with a list of Riemer's policies, his voting record, etc. What would be your next move? Thank him? Heck no, you'll continue to do or say anything to set up another dodgingdyer hashtag. You couldn't care less about the issues. You're not trying to solve, inform or understand anything. You post to beat up on Dyer. Period.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't defending Dyer. I'm just calling it as I see it.
"You couldn't care less about the issues. You're not trying to solve, inform or understand anything. You post to beat up on... period.
DeleteIt takes a special kind of cluelessness to type what you just typed.
7:01 so Dyer's posts aren't biased? Dyer cares about the issues so much that he doesn't answer relevant questions, deletes relevant links, calls people morons and idiots, claims their opinions are false, etc.?
DeleteI agree with 7:11 here.
Was Hans Riemer responsible for the Arlington Ri Ra closing?
ReplyDeleteWas he responsible for repeated liquor law violations by Relic and Steamers?
Was he responsible for the campaign of harassment against Parva by one or a handful of residents of Fairmont Plaza?
Was he responsible for Greenhill's dozen moribund properties?
7:06: Nope, just the Bethesda Ri-Ra - and 8 other nightspots.
ReplyDeleteIf you think Parva closed because of complaints from Fairmont Plaza, you are definitely off-base there.
Liquor license violations were hardly the driving force in the decline of Bethesda's nighttime economy.
Greenhill doesn't have a "dozen moribund properties." That's a completely false statement.
Do you think the Rira closing in both the Bethesda is only because of Riemer and the "failed" nighttime economy taskforce initiatives? Do you also think the Arlingoton location had no problems with the nighttime economy? Do you think the Arlington location closing also implies Rira had troubles regardless of the location?
DeleteHow come you can label Montgomery County as moribund but someone else can't labs Greenhill as moribund?
DeleteGreenhill has done a great job filling up his vacant properties. Only one remaining in downtown Bethesda is that NYC mural one right? A commentor here swore a while back that something relevant was opening there.
Delete7:11AM But it takes complete ignorance to type what you typed.
ReplyDeleteI don't sugarcoat, I'm not Willie Wonka.
It's no coincidence that Councilmembers like Leventhal bully folks in public and then you see these anonymous bullying comments against Dyer here.
ReplyDeleteI don't like any of the council members and as a third party observer I see plenty of Robert Dyer bullying also.
Deletehttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-10/delta-s-systems-failure-marks-wake-up-call-for-airline-industry
ReplyDeleteRIIIIIEEEMEEERRRRRR!!!!!
9:09AM - Where were biased posts mentioned?? They weren't. Stop deflecting.
ReplyDeleteRelevant questions? That's BS. They're not looking for a real answer. Relevant links deleted? Here's a hint, stop posting links to that site. He's made it quite clear that he doesn't allow links to them.
Just like 9:07 doesn't really expect an answer. But I'll give him one. Because there is a difference between bashing elected officials and bashing a private company.
Looks to me like he cares about the issues so much he tolerates being stalked, trolled, insulted, and threatened. How many of you would do the same?
Sure, Robert Dyer cares about his own opinion and that alone.
DeleteWhy do you care so much?
Would Robert Dyer be legally considered a limited purpose public figure because of his publicly published stances and opinions?
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ReplyDelete@ 11:21AM Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.
ReplyDeleteHarris Teeter will be open 24/7!
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Per Robert Dyer, the Harris Teeter opening 24/7 would be equally attributes to his nighttime economy initiative just as it was attributed to CVS reducing their hours.
Delete"5:22: His nighttime economy initiative ended with 9 bars closing in downtown Bethesda alone, and CVS ending overnight hours for the pharmacy inside their Arlington Road store, and Barnes & Noble reducing late night hours." - Robert Dyer
I'm 9:16.
ReplyDeleteMr. Dyer ... that's my point ... You devalue your more important posts with very unimportant minute-by-minute updates of store comings and goings. If I didn't value your other content, I wouldn't visit your site.
Bethesda's nighttime economy is moving away from the end closest to Westbard.
ReplyDelete9:16 & 12:33 - Blatantly obvious. Fooling no one. You shouldn't let your mind wander..it's way too small to be out on its own. But you have a nice day, now.
ReplyDeleteWhat's blatantly obvious? The point? Glad it makes sense!
Delete"Blatantly obvious... fooling no one"
DeleteSays #UnsignedDyer, completely oblivious to the irony.
12:33 PM Robert Dyer is providing the best retail/restaurant coverage in the county.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't call his reporting "unimportant updates of stores coming and goings".
Now, there are plenty of unimportant updates on Councilmembers in the legacy media, such as what George Leventhal had for lunch at the DNC and the time Hans had an ingrown toenail.
I actually value Robert Dyer's excellent posts on store openings and closings more than his political rants and ravings.
ReplyDeleteHey guys Robert fixed the post title! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAnd once again #DodgingDyer has left the conversation when the evidence mounts up too high against his opinion.
ReplyDelete#UnsignedDyer @ 2:57 PM - I think that most people who have had a broken hip and/or a hip replacement would object to your equating it with "an ingrown toenail".
ReplyDelete7:04: Sorry, I always comment using my own name, unlike you, coward. He did have the most tortured explanation for the injury; was there a reason the public had to know about it in the first place?
ReplyDelete6:54: No clue what you're talking about. Riemer's record is the same today as it was when this article was posted. It's over, nobody cares.
Except it wasn't Dyer, it was me. Passive aggressive insulting.
ReplyDelete8:47AM, I read you all the time and you're so nice and funny and happy. That's why it's such a shame you never recovered from being dropped on your head as a child.
It's pretty dumb for anyone to actually think or believe the Dyer proponents are unsigned Dyer or the opponents are a single lone troll.
DeleteCome on guys and girls, no need to keep harping. Robert Dyer is perfectly willing to admit his mistakes. He changed the article title and text as soon as his error was discovered.
ReplyDeleteRobert Dyer always admits to his mistakes, all the time! He is an honest man!
DeleteThat mural...
ReplyDeleteWouldn't renderings of Bethesda's historical or former buildings be great?
It would at least make more sense than a NYC skyline. Or a fake vanity street named after yourself.
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