Whynot
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
Over ten years ago I was mesmerized at grasping what a huge frame market entire Manhattan was. It seemed as if every block had its own framing store. In one instant, looking to pinpoint potential clients, I gathered a list of some one hundred eighty frame shops and galleries in Manhattan alone. Time has changed frame business’ face and today not only that Munn, Salazar (I’m not sure of Lopez) are being history but a plethora of galleries and framing shops ranging from high to humble scale are gone with the wind as well. New York Frame Show has mirrored this very trend which is not confined nor specific to The Apple City alone.
On the other hand, though less conspicuous and meaningful (foretelling), The Grumble’s cast too is much different from what it used to be five years ago when I first entered this forum.
What we are witnessing in here is definitely more than just natural frame business casualties and demographics. But what exactly is it going on then? What are the name and the future of that illness that has implacably afflicted our industry? What was exactly that Jay Goltz told you about his now famous inevitably 30% shrinkage of framers’ population at a national scale? Is custom framing business shrinking or just being done differently?
On the other hand, though less conspicuous and meaningful (foretelling), The Grumble’s cast too is much different from what it used to be five years ago when I first entered this forum.
What we are witnessing in here is definitely more than just natural frame business casualties and demographics. But what exactly is it going on then? What are the name and the future of that illness that has implacably afflicted our industry? What was exactly that Jay Goltz told you about his now famous inevitably 30% shrinkage of framers’ population at a national scale? Is custom framing business shrinking or just being done differently?