by Amanda Miller Published: September 23,2011
Tags: holiday shopping, Retail
There are 99 days until Christmas, and while that might not be enough to send shoppers into a tizzy, it’s a different story for retailers. [...]
by Amanda Miller Published: September 20,2011
Tags: Economic impact, holiday shopping, Retail, shopping, spending
UCCS and BiggsKofford want to know local residents’ shopping plans. The two organizations sent out a survey Monday to find out. It’s the third year in a row for the survey, which was created by the Southern Colorado Economic Forum at UCCS. “The survey results have been similar to what you get on a national [...] [...]
by Rebecca Tonn Published: December 16,2010
The outlook for local retailers indicates a better holiday season this year than last. Most of the residents in El Paso County who responded to a Southern Colorado Economic Forum survey said they plan to do their holiday shopping in the area. Thirty percent of shoppers intend to make the majority of their purchases at [...] [...]
by Rob Larimer Published: December 16,2009
To boost online and downtown Springs holiday sales, national retailers and local authorities are offering a few free perks to shoppers. Street parking in downtown Colorado Springs will be free this weekend, on Dec. 19 and 20. Parking meters will not be turned on. And, at last count, 702 national retailers had teamed up to [...] [...]
by Becky Hurley Published: October 19,2009
Tags: holiday shopping, inventories, luxury retail
Colorado Springs may not boast upscale retail options such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus or Saks – but evidently we’re not missing too much. A Bloomberg.com story last week said that many luxury retailers were caught with large overstock inventories last holiday season – and, as a result, are “trying to avoid repeating markdowns of as [...] [...]
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