Tag: amazon
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Third-party vendor laying off 200 employees from Amazon facilities in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly 200 employees of a global company that provides operational and maintenance services for airports and industrial customers will be laid off in April from their jobs at Amazon fulfillment centers in Colorado Springs and Thornton and a sortation center in Aurora. Daifuku Services America…
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Colorado Supreme Court to analyze how wage law applies to Amazon holiday pay
The Colorado Supreme Court recently announced it will decide whether Amazon is complying with the state’s wage law by excluding shifts worked on holidays when calculating employees’ overtime pay. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear an appeal. The case addressing overtime pay came to the Supreme Court through an…
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Colorado Springs hotels, restaurants join in recovery as sales tax collections climb
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Already strong consumer spending in Colorado Springs shifted into overdrive in June, with hotels and restaurants joining the party as the city’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic continued to gain traction. Revenue from the city’s 2% sales tax in June, which came from sales in…
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Colorado Springs hotels, restaurants join in recovery as sales tax collections climb
Already strong consumer spending in Colorado Springs shifted into overdrive in June, with hotels and restaurants joining the party as the city’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic continued to gain traction. Revenue from the city’s 2% sales tax in June, which came from sales in May, surged 30.4% from June 2020 — when many businesses…
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BUSINESS | New Amazon distribution center in Colorado Springs
A look inside DEN4, Colorado Springs’ new Amazon distribution center. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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2021 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs will be hybrid event
The Space Symposium will be a hybrid in-person and online event in August to comply with state COVID-19 pandemic restrictions limiting attendance to nearly 6,000, the Space Foundation announced Wednesday. The Colorado Springs-based foundation opened registration Friday for in-person attendance at the event, scheduled for Aug. 23-26 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. It will…
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Amazon buys property for second Colorado Springs delivery station
Amazon continued its expansion in Colorado Springs last week by paying $9.1 million to buy the former Western Forge manufacturing plant, where the online giant plans to build a second local delivery station. The company plans to demolish the former hand tool manufacturing complex at 4607 Forge Road, which closed last year after more than…
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Loss of U.S. Space Command a ‘missed opportunity’ for Colorado Springs; what next?
John Suthers has plenty of economic development wins as mayor — a massive Amazon distribution center and Southwest Airlines expanding to Colorado Springs to name two — but he called the loss of the U.S. Space Command to Huntsville, Ala., his biggest setback. “We haven’t had a whole lot of economic development bad news, but…
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Colorado Springs Movers & Shakers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Joan Shields, Dave Miller, Michael Budler, Doug Palmer, Elizabeth Hoffner and Dakota “Cody” Hurst have been promoted to new roles by El Pomar Foundation of Colorado Springs. Shields was promoted from vice president to senior…
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Colorado Springs Movers & Shakers
Joan Shields, Dave Miller, Michael Budler, Doug Palmer, Elizabeth Hoffner and Dakota “Cody” Hurst have been promoted to new roles by El Pomar Foundation of Colorado Springs. Shields was promoted from vice president to senior vice president of leadership and director of the foundation’s fellowship program. Miller was promoted from associate vice president to vice…