Custom Ink to open first MD store at Bethesda Row

Custom Ink is coming to Bethesda Row. They will be located in the separate retail structure at 7029 Arlington Road. The store is scheduled to open Monday, June 17, 2019. This will be Custom Ink's first retail location outside of Virginia.

But it's also again indicative of the changing demographic target in Bethesda, with LensCrafters and t-shirt shops moving in as Kate Spade and Le Creuset exit. With the ultra-rich fleeing to lower-tax jurisdictions in the region, Montgomery County's moribund economy no longer has the wealth base to support high-end retail, as our "Rodeo Drive" in Chevy Chase has turned into a skid row of vacant storefronts, aging apartments, and smashed-out bus shelters.