IT'SUGAR has closed at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. The candy store's windows have been covered, and signage has been removed from above the entrance. Montgomery County's moribund economy and the County Council's anti-business policies, have turned the shop's sweet profit margin sour. Heckuva job, Brownie!
In contrast to the closure here, IT'SUGAR is currently in a major expansion mode elsewhere, opening "15 to 20 stores a year," according to a U.S. Chamber of Commerce article touting the chain's success. Openings so far in 2025 include Poughkeepsie and Middletown in New York; Salem, New Hampshire; Mercedes, Texas; and Braintree, Massachusetts. Something for the County Council to ponder: what are we doing wrong, that Braintree is doing right?
Still using that same old weak and lame blame game. This is just as conservatively pathetic as firing a statistician because you don't like the jobs report.
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Delete5:39. And... you left out all of Biden's were revised downward. When was she close to accurate?
DeleteMaybe Bethesdans are just more health conscious than people in Braintree? 2022 data says North Bethesda's rate of obesity was 22.1 https://datacommons.org/place/geoId/2456337 while Braintree, MA's rate [in 2021] was 24.7 https://datacommons.org/explore#q=bmi%20Braintree%2C%20MA%2C%20USA
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