Consumer

As the retail mix begins to shift from brick-and-mortar to online and from big department stores to locally-owned shops, one type of shopping experience appears to be rising — flea markets.

In recent years, significant trends and research in business gifting have emerged. Here are five of the biggest trends to keep in mind when gifting to clients and employees this holiday season.

Kicking off Oct. 17 (and carrying through Oct. 25), Denver Design Week offers tours, panels, keynotes and discussions on how design contributes to the city’s economic, social and cultural quality of life.

Last week, the American Herbal Products Association hosted the first-ever Hemp-CBD Supplement Congress in downtown Denver. The event brought together professionals from across the industry — including farmers, producers, retailers and marketers — to discuss the quickly evolving regulatory and financial landscapes around hemp and CBD.

While farming and agriculture has a historic significance to Colorado, the future of Colorado ag includes urban farmers, redefining traditional practices for sustainability and the expansion of smaller farms and ranches.

The Centennial State, today, continues to lead the nation in small business expansion and growth with more than 630,000 firms employing over 1.1 million people.

A stop at one of those more upscale fast-casual restaurants the other day got me thinking about customer service and the difficulty these days getting what you want from business establishments. I approached the counter, and a rather snarky clerk greeted me at 10:33 a.m.

Armchair travelers, rejoice. Visiting your favorite cities around the globe has never been easier, because they're now coming to you.

For those of you that haven’t spent a lot of time in a grocery or convenience stores in 2019, you might be in for a surprise. Replacing cooler space once reserved for soda or water is full-strength Colorado craft beer.

The state of wine is changing for the better in Colorado. Our reputation for having poor quality wines has finally shifted after decades of hard work from our state’s winemakers. While the majority of local wines have gotten a bad rap in the past, Colorado’s wine scene is finally emerging, shedding light on our overlooked wine regions. In 2018, Wine Enthusiast magazine and Vogue magazine named Colorado’s Grand Valley American Viticulture Area (AVA) one of the “Ten Best Wine Getaways.”

We know how obsessed Millennials are with their “fur babies”—from pets with their own Instagram accounts to doggie daycares.

No matter how you give back this year, remember that every act of kindness or generosity can go a long way to spread good cheer and support your neighbors.

Since its inception in 2017, the Good Food 100 has been focused on celebrating chefs and restaurants using their purchasing power to honor and support every link in the food chain and change the food system for good

Sales of hemp-based pet/animal CBD products totaled $8 million in 2017 and are projected to grow to $52 million by 2022.