Veteran New York entrepreneurs Jimmy Sabry and Michael Ezzat have opened a Mediterranean-style café in Manitou Springs. The Nile Café, 954 Manitou Ave., offers Mediterranean food, coffee and desserts. Sabry and Ezzat also plan to offer hookah for nighttime customers. The pair plans a grand opening on May 1. Customers can expect breakfast, lunch and [...]
Continue reading …Hobby Lobby assistant manager Adam Garcia said his employees are still in shock. Last week 8th Street store manager David Schafer returned from a meeting in Denver with unprecedented news: all hourly full-time employees would begin receiving a minimum wage of $10 per hour immediately. “While it doesn’t affect me directly, 19 of our 24 [...]
Continue reading …U.S. retail sales beat analysts expectations for the second straight month, according to the National Retail Federation. The NRF report noted that retail sales rose .6 percent seasonally adjusted from January. Meanwhile, January’s sales figures were revised up from .5 percent growth to 1.4 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month. Though NRF Chief Economist Rosalind Wells remained [...]
Continue reading …As cash-strapped and budget-conscious consumers restrict spending to essentials, one high-end Tejon Street retailer has figured out a way to help ease the pain of a year-long recession. When LuLu owner Tess Loo began noticing slipping sales last fall, she borrowed an idea from her sister, Ann Siner. Siner owns several consignment stores in Arizona [...]
Continue reading …Local artist and custom framer Terry Henderson is moving his Boulder Street Gallery from a Victorian home in the 700 block of North Tejon Street to the downtown area. Henderson purchased the building at 206 N. Tejon St., the former home of Novice Gallery. Henderson, who has owned Boulder Street Gallery for the past 10 [...]
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