Workers looking to take advantage of Cyber Monday online deals will have a harder time sneaking past the guards at work this year, according to a survey of employers. Robert Half Technology found in a survey of Chief Information Officers that 60 percent of them block access on employee computers to retail and other online [...] [...]
The Downtown Partnership and the Colorado Springs Police Department are teaming up to make downtown more inviting during the holiday season. Patrol officers will walk the streets four days a week and groups of volunteers called ambassadors will be on hand to answer shoppers’ questions about parking, gift buying and restaurants. Officers Barry Rizk and [...] [...]
Middle market retail executives don’t think much of the overall economic recovery – but they do expect their own companies to improve faster than the industry as a whole. That’s the word from the third annual retail finance outlook study released by the CIT Group Inc. While most retailers think business will improve, they are [...] [...]
Gap Inc. today announced that it will close 21 percent of its U.S. stores. There is only one Gap store in Colorado Springs. It’s located at the Chapel Hills Mall at 1710 Briargate Boulevard. Staff at the store directed questions about the store’s future to corporate offices. “With respective to providing a list of stores [...] [...]
While local job growth is forecast to be slimmer this holiday season than it was last year, Colorado Springs retailers are still planning to bulk up for the last months of the year. Net job growth in Colorado Springs is expected to reach 3 percent in the fourth quarter of this year, down from 4 [...] [...]
Arby’s, Denny’s and Family Dollar are all prepping to open locations in the Markets at Mesa Ridge in Fountain. The retail development, a little more than a mile from gate 20 of Fort Carson, is thriving. “It’s like going back in time down there,” said Rich Walker, a broker with 1st Properties that markets the [...] [...]
Something trendy and sophisticated lurks in Colorado Springs’ grungy alleyways. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...] [...]
Nurses, computers scientists and retail sales people are in demand in Colorado. Those are the top three occupations with the most job listings, according to the Colorado Department of Labor. In Colorado, hospital employment has grown every year for the past 19 years with the most sought employees being registered nurses. And, there does not [...] [...]
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