Runway, the apparel boutique at 7125 Bethesda Lane, has temporarily closed for renovations. Friday evening found the store's windows papered over. The shop will reopen on March 26. Runway is part of entrepreneur and investor Marcus Lemonis' growing empire of fashion retail stores.
Another day, another report of retail investment in booming, vibrant Montgomery County!
ReplyDelete6:14: Moribund Montgomery County - net loss of over 2000 retail jobs since 2000.
DeleteLMAO at Dyer blocking comments to an article about St. Patrick's Day.
ReplyDelete@7:16 -- Comments are always blocked for sponsored content such as the St Patrick's Day post, as well as campaign propaganda pieces.
ReplyDelete@7:38: Robert Dyer - cherrypicking statistics since 1971.
ReplyDeleteOh, right, that comment about retail jobs that you have never been able to support, or put into context.
ReplyDeleteWhere are you getting your statistics?
How does that compare to other local counties? to DC? Nationally?
What's the percentage of total retail jobs to lost jobs?
How has that affected the unemployment rate overall?
Moribund Montgomery County - net loss of over 2000 retail jobs since 2000.
ReplyDeleteMoribund, indeed! Further, would you believe that ALL of the county's lamplighters are out of work?? Same goes for stagecoach drivers! Soda jerks are having a hard time of it as well. It's almost as if there's some kind of seismic, industry-wide shift going on that isn't limited to Montgomery County at all...
...nah, that can't be it. Whoops, gotta run, I think that's my Amazon Prime delivery at the door.
The Maryland Retailers Association is the source for the net loss of over 2000 retail jobs in Montgomery County since 2000. We also know from census data that we've had a net loss in total jobs over the last decade, while the jurisdictions around us had a net gain.
ReplyDeleteUnemployment rate doesn't tell you how many jobs are in Montgomery County; it simply tells you the number of people who are employed, most of which are in DC and Northern Virginia. Hence, as Ike Leggett admitted, we are becoming a "bedroom community" for the growing job centers outside of our County borders.
Saith Dyer:
ReplyDelete1) "The Maryland Retailers Association is the source for the net loss of over 2000 retail jobs in Montgomery County since 2000.
2) We also know from census data that we've had a net loss in total jobs over the last decade, while the jurisdictions around us had a net gain.
3) Unemployment rate doesn't tell you how many jobs are in Montgomery County; it simply tells you the number of people who are employed, most of which are in DC and Northern Virginia. Hence, as Ike Leggett admitted, we are becoming a "bedroom community" for the growing job centers outside of our County borders.
Do you have a link to your alleged statistic from the Maryland Retailers Association (which you incorrectly referred to as "the Maryland Association of Retailers", for many months)?
Do you have a link to the alleged Census statistics?
Do you have a link to anything documenting the number of Montgomery County residents who have jobs outside the County? Do you have any comparable statistics for residents of the District of Columbia or Virginia?
6:54: June will mark two years since Mr. Dyer first trotted out this tired, out-of-context talking point — which he unquestioningly accepted from an industry lobbyist.
ReplyDeleteRetail job growth/decline between January 2007 and September 2017
ReplyDeleteMaryland - 2.3% decline
Virginia - 3.4% decline
Advantage - Maryland
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, as reported in Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-retail-debt/
Also, in the Bloomberg article, the 11th graphic of 12 shows clearly that low-income areas are much more dependent on retail jobs than high-income areas.
ReplyDeleteSo your source is hearsay?
ReplyDeleteIs there some link to those statistics or an official report?
How does the county compare to national numbers? or other local numbers?
Maybe we have less impact from retail job losses than other areas. Where do we stand?