Tag: retail
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Prominent Colorado Springs businessman, former CU Regent Jerry Rutledge has died
Jerry Rutledge, a prominent Colorado Springs businessman and a former member of the University of Colorado Board of Regents, died Jan. 9 after complications from surgery. He was 80. “Jerry was an extraordinary person and he led an extraordinary life. There aren’t very many people like him,” his wife Jan Rutledge said. A farm boy…
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Openings? Closings? Numerous Colorado Springs-area stores and restaurants came and went in 2024
Like previous years, Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region saw their share of retail and restaurant openings and closings in 2024 — whether they were locally owned stores and eateries or familiar regional and national chains. Stores and restaurants have grown their presence in the Colorado Springs area because of a desire to expand…
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Barnes & Noble might expand to shopping center on Colorado Springs’ east side
Retailers haven’t abandoned brick-and-mortar locations just yet. Barnes & Noble, the nation’s largest bookseller, appears poised to build a nearly 18,000-square-foot store at the First & Main Town Center, the sprawling retail complex that runs along Powers Boulevard, from North Carefree Circle to Constitution Avenue, on Colorado Springs’ east side, documents submitted to city government…
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Ohio-based furniture retailer closing its doors on Colorado Springs’ north side
American Freight, an Ohio-based furniture, appliance and mattress retailer, will close its year-old Colorado Springs store at the Chapel Hills Mall and three others in the state as part of a bankruptcy that will see all of its 328 locations shutter around the country, according to national news publications. The Springs store, at 1680 Briargate Blvd.,…
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Discount retailer Big Lots closing Colorado Springs locations
Big Lots is getting smaller. The national discount retailer that sells furniture, home décor, kitchenware and other items, will close its three Colorado Springs stores and five more in Colorado as part of the financially troubled chain’s decision to shutter more than 300 locations nationwide. Stores will close at 5085 N. Academy Blvd. in the…
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King Soopers targets summer opening for new Fountain store, south of Colorado Springs
An aggressive expansion in the Pikes Peak region by supermarket giant King Soopers will mean more grocery shopping options for Fountain-area residents. King Soopers broke ground Thursday on its latest large format marketplace store, which will anchor the Mesa Ridge Marketplace in Fountain, south of Colorado Springs. The shopping center will be constructed on 21…
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5 risks to Colorado’s economy state officials are watching
Fears of a recession are fading as the nation’s — and Colorado’s — economy continue to beat expectations. Looking forward into 2024, Colorado’s Office of State Planning and Budget (OSPB) forecasts national economic growth to be better than originally thought based on strong consumer spending at the end of 2023. The economy is expected to make a…
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Hobby Lobby on the move to southern Colorado Springs from city’s west side
Arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby is drawing up a new store location in Colorado Springs. The Oklahoma City-based chain is moving from its nearly 30-year-old home at 525 S. Eighth St. on the city’s west side to the Broadmoor Towne Center shopping center, southeast of Nevada Avenue and Southgate Road in southern Colorado Springs.…
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Third-party vendor laying off 200 employees from Amazon facilities in Colorado
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 of suburban Dallas notified the Colorado Department of Labor and…
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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…