The fledgling Primal Bike Expo is relocating from the Colorado Convention Center to Mile High Stadium and tying in with the Colfax Marathon’s expo in May.
Bike expo shifts to Mile High, opens to consumers
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Jiberish leaves Platte Street home for RiNo
After six years on Platte Street, Denver attire brand Jiberish is preparing to move to RiNo.
Third generation preserves rich Rockmount Ranch Wear legacy
Steve Weil has collected 1,000 of the brand’s Western shirts — and uses them to inspire new designs today.
End of the road for LoHi bamboo bike shop
Bambucycles, a LoHi bike shop that specialized in bamboo-built rides and also sold cold-pressed juices and kombucha, has gone dark.
Snarf’s expands Cap Hill store, adds burger concept next door
Snarf’s is growing both its store and its menu in Capitol Hill. The Boulder-based sandwich shop is expanding its 11th Avenue and Ogden Street location and hopes to add its burger concept, Snarfburger, to the Cap Hill eatery. Operations Director Doug Besant said this will give one of Snarf’s busiest locations some much-needed space. “That… Read more »
Bankrupt Sports Authority seeks buyer, could close half its stores
On Wednesday, the beleaguered Englewood-based retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure $1.1 billion in debt while it looks to sell the business and shed underperforming stores. In an internal memo to employees obtained by BusinessDen, CEO Mike Fost said Sports Authority has struggled to compete as shoppers increasingly buy sports equipment and apparel online.
Broadway bookseller downsizes amid rising rents
After spending 10 years nestled in a storefront along Broadway’s Antique Row, a Denver antique bookseller is starting a new chapter.
Dip and flip: RiNo tea shop also will have a parkour gym for the adventurous
Scape Treader Dwelling founders Christopher May and Andrew Mino are bringing a new beverage from the Argentinean rainforest – yerba mate — to Denver’s coffee mecca when they open their shop this spring.
Sports Authority to close Denver warehouse by April
Shutting Kalamath Street location will cost 72 jobs. The struggling retailer already announced it will close the Sports Castle on Broadway.
Print shop adds apparel line
A Denver-based print shop known for wrapping tour buses and buildings is ready to wrap customers in its first apparel line.
