The City of Fountain, roughly 13 miles south of Colorado Springs, is on the precipice of a population boom, and it wants more businesses — now. Fountain Valley’s population, which includes Security and Widefield, is around 88,000, and city officials expect that number grow 14 percent by 2014, when troops return to neighboring Fort Carson [...]
Continue reading …A fitness program for new moms that uses their strollers in place of standard gym equipment is opening up shop in Colorado Springs. “Stroller Strides is a great way to get back into shape as well as stay in shape,” said Johanna Mitchell, Stroller Strides new franchise owner, in a statement. Mothers will meet in [...]
Continue reading …NewMark Merrill Mountain States is now managing the Citadel Crossing Shopping Center. The company manages more than 65 shopping centers, many in Colorado. “Colorado Springs has always been a part of our business plan to serve the entire state of Colorado, and this project marks our entry into the market,” said Allen Ginsborg, the company’s [...]
Continue reading …Consignment stores and resale shops were once well-kept, trendy shopping secrets that were tucked away in obscure retail locations, but poor economic times have them popping up on the affluent north side of town and among downtown boutiques.
Continue reading …A flurry of frozen yogurt businesses have blown into town during the last few months, expanding not only the city’s desert options but its teen job market as well. The city’s burgeoning frozen yogurt industry, eight shops in all, will add about 100 jobs in Colorado Springs before the third quarter of 2011 is over. [...]
Continue reading …The city’s traditional shopping malls are facing challenges filling retail space. Anchor tenants are leaving, and vacancies are high. Yet mall managers are trying to put a good face on the matter and insist their vacancy problems are only temporary. The city’s two traditional, shopping malls, The Citadel and Chapel Hills malls, won’t offer statistics [...]
Continue reading …A three-story parking garage next to the Stagecoach Inn on the eastern end of Manitou Springs was one of the most popular ideas presented during a meeting about how to solve the city’s parking issues last week. The three-tier parking structure would cost an estimated $4.2 million to construct, would need $340,000 a year in [...]
Continue reading …Americans bought fewer cars in May, pulling retail sales down for the first time in nearly a year. Sales among U.S. retailers fell 0.2 percent last month, the Commerce Department said. It was the first decline after 10 straight increases and the latest report signaling the economy has lost momentum. Consumers are struggling to deal [...]
Continue reading …U.S. consumers spent more on gasoline, clothing and autos in April, pushing retail sales up for a 10th straight month. But much of the gain came from a surge in gasoline prices. The Commerce Department says retail sales rose 0.5 percent in April after a 0.9 percent increase in March. Excluding a 2.7 percent jump [...]
Continue reading …A late Easter, lingering cold weather and rising gas prices are squeezing discretionary spending this spring, according to data being released Wednesday. Figures from MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse show sales growth slowed in some categories last month. But consumers spent more on clothing – and most other items from electronics to luxury goods – than they [...]
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