How has your business been over the last few years?
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- DiehardLonghornFan
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How has your business been over the last few years?
I figured SOMEBODY had to open this forum. My business has been extremely flat the past three years - virtually no growth. After opening my office in 2005, we had 10 - 15 % growth every year until 2011, and maybe 2-3% growth per year since if any at all.
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Re: How has your business been over the last few years?
DiehardLonghornFan wrote:I figured SOMEBODY had to open this forum. My business has been extremely flat the past three years - virtually no growth. After opening my office in 2005, we had 10 - 15 % growth every year until 2011, and maybe 2-3% growth per year since if any at all.
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Joseph Goebbells
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Re: How has your business been over the last few years?
I see it has been years since this was posted ..... but ...
I'm not "in business" per se.... but I can give you my perspective...
In 2013, I think things were HORRIBLE .... we had 1/4 of the local mall EMPTY. Lots of going out of business signs everywhere.
2014 - 2016 or so looked about the same. Nothing much happening. Locally we had alot of stores close up shop. The little strip mall around the corner from us was essentially completely empty (One store ... selling consignment furniture, just using space since they had every "pod".
In 2017, I think things are looking better for the most part.... Some new construction going on, some new stores, etc.
BUT I have to say, Northern New Mexico looks precarious to be honest. Yeah, the big mall in Santa Fe has most stores "occupied" now, and did a huge remodel in 2017, but all the stores look "iffy" to me. Specialty stores catering to very small niche markets, and everything with with "20% off" "50% off" "80% off" banners. And the smaller towns north of Santa Fe look REALLY REALLY bad. The poor little towns are being even more and more left behind.
I travel for work to California, Washington DC, Florida, Kansas City, etc... I think Washington DC looks like it is doing JUST FINE. TONS of construction going on. Kansas City looks like they are doing well as well. Florida Panhandle looks to be doing pretty well as well (but I was there in off season so it looks "downish" but overall looked like in it was doing fine "in season".) Texas looked like it was doing really really well when we went through.
I think the split is getting worse. Poor areas with bad education and weak economies (inner cities, North New Mexico, etc) are getting worse. Middle america as I saw it looks to be getting better. WashingtonDC is doing disgustingly well.
I'm not "in business" per se.... but I can give you my perspective...
In 2013, I think things were HORRIBLE .... we had 1/4 of the local mall EMPTY. Lots of going out of business signs everywhere.
2014 - 2016 or so looked about the same. Nothing much happening. Locally we had alot of stores close up shop. The little strip mall around the corner from us was essentially completely empty (One store ... selling consignment furniture, just using space since they had every "pod".
In 2017, I think things are looking better for the most part.... Some new construction going on, some new stores, etc.
BUT I have to say, Northern New Mexico looks precarious to be honest. Yeah, the big mall in Santa Fe has most stores "occupied" now, and did a huge remodel in 2017, but all the stores look "iffy" to me. Specialty stores catering to very small niche markets, and everything with with "20% off" "50% off" "80% off" banners. And the smaller towns north of Santa Fe look REALLY REALLY bad. The poor little towns are being even more and more left behind.
I travel for work to California, Washington DC, Florida, Kansas City, etc... I think Washington DC looks like it is doing JUST FINE. TONS of construction going on. Kansas City looks like they are doing well as well. Florida Panhandle looks to be doing pretty well as well (but I was there in off season so it looks "downish" but overall looked like in it was doing fine "in season".) Texas looked like it was doing really really well when we went through.
I think the split is getting worse. Poor areas with bad education and weak economies (inner cities, North New Mexico, etc) are getting worse. Middle america as I saw it looks to be getting better. WashingtonDC is doing disgustingly well.
- irishmark
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Re: How has your business been over the last few years?
Radio is improving!
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Joseph Goebbells
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Re: How has your business been over the last few years?
irishmark wrote:Radio is improving!
And Vinyl is coming back around too. What is your point?

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Re: How has your business been over the last few years?
*YNC* Aloha Nole wrote:irishmark wrote:Radio is improving!
And Vinyl is coming back around too. What is your point?
Radio is advancing into the digital world and 93% of america still uses the radio.
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