by Scott Prater Published: April 10,2010
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Christian Bros. Automotive, a Houston-based car-repair business, hopes to open two locations in the Colorado Springs area within the next year. And if its owners’ prayers are answered, its registers will be filled with the dollars of customers who believe in Jesus. The idea is to draw people who want the peace of mind of dealing with [...] [...]
The owner of a prime piece of retail space at the corner of Tejon Street and Platte Avenue is planning to split the 6,400-square-foot bi-level space into two units in hopes of drawing from a larger pool of potential tenants. Julie Phillips at Fountain Colony Co., the leasing agent for Acacia LLC, said the site had [...] [...]
by Scott Prater Published: March 13,2010
Tags: Colorado Mountain Brewery, Retail
Colorado Springs’ north side residents are getting a new micro brewery restaurant, and a small group of former Air Force Academy cadets is bringing it to them. Colorado Mountain Brewery, a 6,500 square foot micro brewery and restaurant is scheduled to open near Interstate 25 and Interquest Parkway by the end of June. Scott Koons, a 1993 [...] [...]
by Scott Prater Published: March 5,2010
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Nine years of planning, development, cooperation and construction culminated in the opening of the major department store anchor tenant at University Village Colorado this week. Kohl’s became the latest retailer to open its doors at the mid-town shopping center, which was once a site dominated by run-down motels, vacant, dilapidated buildings and other blighted parcels. “Kohl’s is [...] [...]
by Scott Prater Published: February 26,2010
Tags: business, Chapel Hills Mall, Home Improvement Showcase
After arriving back in Colorado Springs during 2008, Jennifer Knight kept herself busy as sort of a freelance marketing consultant. She met contractors around town and at home shows where she offered them traditional marketing services. She designed Web sites and built logo designs. Around that time she remembers hearing a few of her clients talk about [...] [...]
by Scott Prater Published: February 19,2010
Tags: Canon City, KaledioScoops, Roddy Stark, South 8th Street
Randy Stark has been in the furniture business for most of his life. Raised in a furniture-business family, he has either owned or managed a furniture store in Colorado Springs for more than two decades. But four months ago he said goodbye to all that and traded in his salesman’s shirt and tie for an ice cream [...] [...]
by Scott Prater Published: February 12,2010
Tags: Hayden-Hays Gallery, John Marzolf, The Broadmoor hotel
Private art collector and former Colorado automobile dealer John Marzolf has purchased The Hayden-Hays Gallery at The Broadmoor. Marzolf, who has owned the renowned Biltmore Galleries in Scottsdale, Ariz. since 2006, also plans to open a second art gallery at The Broadmoor, with the second gallery centered on a Western and wildlife theme. Marzolf purchased Hayden-Hays from [...] [...]
by Scott Prater Published: February 5,2010
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Shoppers can pick up a pair of jeans for $55 at Lulu these days. That’s a far cry from what people were willing to shell out for designer denim just 27 months ago. When Tess Loo and Kelly Martinez first opened Lulu during October of 2007, customers paid upward of $225 for high-end jeans. Back then, [...] [...]
Here’s a unique retail situation. Kelli Holt, a former retail store manager turned insurance agent, will lease a 1,480-foot space in the Falcon Landing Shopping Center near Academy Boulevard and Woodmen Road. She’ll make her monthly lease payment — just like most other retailers — but her store will only be open for four days [...] [...]
by Scott Prater Published: January 22,2010
Tags: Chef's Catalog, online marketing, Sears, Tim Littleton
Competition for online shoppers among the nation’s big-box retailers is affecting small businesses, even in Colorado Springs. Sears Holdings Corp. has followed Amazon.com and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in allowing third parties to sell items on their Web sites. That strategy is good news for niche retailers like Chef’s Catalog, based in Colorado Springs, which now can showcase [...] [...]
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