Kneipp, a German retailer of natural, vegan bath and body products, has closed at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. The shop was the latest victim of the moribund Montgomery County economy, which has suffered a net loss of over 2100 retail jobs since 2000, according to the Maryland Retailers Association. Kneipp's storefront is now blacked out, but inside it has been cleared out.
Another closure at the mall earlier this week was temporary.
EJJI Ramen was closed at the beginning of the week. But the company, which has another location in Baltimore, says they had to close due to a mechanical problem. EJJI Ramen is now open again in the Dining Terrace.
Oh no! A pop-up store has finished its run and closed as scheduled. When will this horror end?
ReplyDeleteThat's not the victim of the economy. It's a victim of a stupid retail concept.
ReplyDeleteFairfax County has lost more retail jobs in the past year than MoCo has lost since 2000. Prove me wrong, Dyer.
ReplyDelete5:56: Patently false. And "lost" is not the same as "net loss," where you factor in the number of retail jobs created along with those lost. You either end up with a net gain (Fairfax) or a net loss (Montgomery). Fairfax has beaten Montgomery in job creation every month this century, by a large margin.
ReplyDelete5:41: Then why is this the only Kneipp store closing in the country?
5:41: It wasn't a pop-up store, Einstein.
Einstein will not replace us
DeleteBoth the MoCo and Fairfax retail job losses are net losses. Why would anyone measure gross losses? That would be dumb.
ReplyDeleteRobert Dyer: "Montgomery County has suffered a net loss of more than 2,100 retail jobs since 2000, according to the Maryland Retailers Association."
ReplyDeleteNorthern Virginia
Employment Change by Sector
July 2017-July 2018
Retail Trade: DOWN 1,900 jobs
7:02: Nope, that's mathematically impossible - Fairfax creates several times the amount of jobs Montgomery does every single month.
ReplyDeleteYou're trying to count only the losses in Fairfax - you have to add the number created, and then you get the "net" figure.
Trying to even get into the comparison of any aspect of jobs Fairfax vs. Montgomery is "dumb," because there's no winning number in there anywhere for you.
7:17: Wrong again. "Down" isn't "net loss." You're making a fool of yourself. Fairfax is way ahead of us in job creation. It's not even close, old sport.
ReplyDeleteThose are NET losses for the retail sector in Fairfax County, you innumerate, pig-headed birdbrain.
ReplyDelete7:21: How dense can you be? "Down" is not "net loss." If you gave the down number for MoCo since 2000, it would be astronomical. Fairfax tops us in job creation every month.
ReplyDelete6:38 AM This retail establishment only has eight locations (now seven) in the US. The other local location is in Pentagon City. I don't think they are doing such a great job at marketing, or are concentrating mostly at online customers. No big loss.
ReplyDeleteToo many pretentious "skin care" stores at Montgomery Mall.
ReplyDelete-Bath & Body Works
-The Body Shop
-Kiehl’s
-L’Occitane en Provence
-Lush
-and the beauty departments at Macy’s and Nordstrom.
-Crabtree & Evelyn (closed nationwide earlier this year).
7:31 #1: It is yet another loss for MoCo and for those employed there.
ReplyDelete7:31 #2: Why would I "admit I am wrong" when I'm right? You're trying to compare a different stat to deceive people. You failed miserably.
Comparing Fairfax County jobs vs. Montgomery County jobs is always going to be a losing prospect for Montgomery.
A lot of news breaking on this last Summer Friday of the year!
ReplyDeleteRetail, Openings & Closings, Restaurants, Development, Real Estate...
"Employment Change by Sector"
ReplyDeleteIt's NET change. Go look it up, Dyer.
"net new jobs created over the year ending July 2018"
7:51: "Change" isn't "net loss" or "net gain," either, Greenspan.
ReplyDeleteGreenspans will not replace us
DeleteThe net change is (1,900). The RESULT is a net loss OR net gain.
ReplyDeleteIt specifically says "net new jobs created over the year ending July 2018"
How do you explain that, Mr Magoo?
The ramen place sucks. They should have stayed closed.
ReplyDelete8:28: Mathematically impossible - Fairfax creates many times the number of jobs Montgomery does over a month. "Down" does not mean "net."
ReplyDeleteI'm reading right off the official report. Page 6
ReplyDeletehttps://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=2ahUKEwil-ZaY-qrkAhVyx1kKHQw4BKIQFjAFegQIAhAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwcmtrain.fairfaxcounty.gov%2Fbudget%2Fsites%2Fbudget%2Ffiles%2FAssets%2Findicators%2F2018%2F10.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0hs7G-UoYYX1AVVPurclZ-
What are you reading?
Please provide a link.
"'Change" isn't 'net loss' or 'net gain,' either, Greenspan.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is one of your dumbest statements this year...this week...this morning.
Of course "change" is either "net loss" or "net gain". What else would it be?
Greenspans will not replace us
DeleteMr. Dyer, I can't find the source for your claim that "Montgomery County suffered a net loss of over 2100 retail jobs since 2000."
ReplyDeleteI believe this was originally from Maddy Voytek of the Maryland Retailers Association, made sometime before 2016. Can you link to the study or article where you got it from?
9:09: "Change" is how many jobs were gained OR how many jobs were lost.
ReplyDelete"Net" factors in both to determine the overall result. Someone claiming Fairfax created less jobs, or lost more jobs, than Montgomery County is in no position to call someone else "dumb."
9:00: Federal BLS statistics. Fairfax totally destroyed us in job creation.
9:19: LOL - I got it directly from her testimony before the Council. It's on the record.
ReplyDeleteAgain with the (over)use of the descriptor "moribund." Look, I get your point, and know you are simply trying to say "I told you so" (over and over), but I think moribund is too extreme a word to use. There are plenty of MoCo communities where retail is thriving. Malls everywhere are languishing, so it doesn't seem fair or accurate to ascribe doom for our whole County's retail economy based on shopping mall store closings.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that Fairfax County also lost 100 jobs in the "Information" sector in 2017-18.
ReplyDeleteShorter link for @ 9:00 AM:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/budget/sites/budget/files/assets/indicators/2018/10.pdf