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Retailers doubt holiday shoppers ready to spend again

fact that last weekend, the mall needed to deploy security officers to handle congested traffic in parking structures and access roads. Michael and Andrea Glass get in some early holiday shopping ...

From STEVE RAABE, Denver Post,  21 Nov 2009
Related Topics: J.C. Penney,  Best Buy,  Gap, Inc.,  Southern Methodist University

Holiday hiring season looking bleak

Trainees Andre Christy and Jasmine Jordahl were hired as seasonal workers at Best Buy in October. The consumer-electronics retailer has hired 25,000 holiday employees, increasing from last year's 18,000 because of the closure of the Circuit City chain. ...

From STEVE RAABE, Denver Post,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Best Buy,  Circuit City,  Kyle Thompson

Visit Denver hails century of service

Denver is on the map since the Democratic National Convention. No, not last year's nomination of Barack Obama. By Visit Denver's longer- term perspective, Denver has been marketing its amenities since the 1908 DNC in Denver. Visit Denver, the city's ...

From STEVE RAABE, Denver Post,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Colorado ski areas lure patrons at weekend expo

DENVER, Colorado — Skiers searching for deals get another shot at discounts this weekend as hungry Colorado resorts seek to lure visitors back to the slopes. The annual Colorado Ski & Snowboard Expo typically signals the last chance to buy season ...

From STEVE RAABE THE DENVER POST, Vail Daily,  13 Nov 2009

Ski areas look to discounts at this weekend's expo to lure back skiers

show signs of improvement from last year, said Ralf Garrison, senior market analyst with the Denver-based Mountain Travel Research Program, which compiles data on resort bookings. Skiers searching for deals get another shot ...

From STEVE RAABE, Denver Post,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Chris George

Cherry Creek cutting off two cab companies

Taxis line up for passengers outside the main entrance to Cherry Creek Shopping Center on Wednesday. Only two cab companies can pick up fares there. (Karl Gehring, The Denver Post ) Cherry Creek Shopping Center is off-limits to two Denver taxi ...

From STEVE RAABE, Denver Post,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Qwest,  Neiman Marcus

Longtime Xcel exec David Eves to take helm in Colorado

Longtime Xcel Energy executive David Eves has been named president and chief operating officer of Xcel's Public Service Co. of Colorado effective Sunday. Eves also will assume the title of chief executive in Colorado upon the Dec. 31 retirement of ...

From STEVE RAABE, Denver Post,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: XCEL ENERGY INC,  Tim Taylor

It's 2004 again for local grocery workers as national leaders won't let them strike

Friction between Colorado grocery-worker union officials and their national leadership could once again derail or delay a strike during the crucial holiday shopping period. Washington, D.C.-based United Food and Commercial Workers International ...

From STEVE RAABE, Denver Post,  10 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Safeway Inc.,  King Soopers

Brothers Redevelopment finds new construction yard

Jason Stutzman carries buckets of lacquer into Brothers Redevelopment's new facility in Adams County on Wednesday. The housing agency was asked by the city of Denver in 1999 to consider vacating its warehouse and dormitory on West 11th Avenue. ( Karl ...

From STEVE RAABE, Denver Post,  8 Oct 2009

King Soopers or Safeway strike may not change Colo. grocery shoppers' habits

King Soopers shopper Erwin Chaim, leaving the grocery store near East Ninth Avenue and Downing Street on Monday, says a union strike "wouldn't change the way I shop." ( Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post ) Some grocery shoppers would opt for ...

From STEVE RAABE, Denver Post,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: King Soopers,  Safeway Inc.

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