Consumer

Nov 30, 2021

Colorado Gives Day: Online, ahead of its time

Colorado Gives Day takes place on Tuesday, December 7 this year. Donors visit ColoradoGives.org, search the online marketplace for charities or causes they want to support, and with a few clicks, donate.

Nov 17, 2021

Best of Colorado 2024 is Now Live

Now in its tenth year, the Best of Colorado Reader’s poll gives our readers a chance to voice their opinion on what they believe are the best service providers and companies throughout Colorado. Last year, we featured 127 different categories, received more than 3,100 ballots and nearly 30,000 total nominations. Of course, none of this […]

Sep 3, 2021

Agriculture Report: Breaking new ground

Lured by the lifestyle and opportunity, these first-generation farmers and ranchers see the value of making a living off the land and working for themselves

May 19, 2021

Stuck on a hanger: Colorado bounce-back companies

Is the suit and tie another COVID-19 casualty? The question of how the post-pandemic consumer will shop for clothes – where, when and for what? – confounds everyone from shop owner to manufacturer to landlord to forecaster.

Apr 5, 2021

Pandemic accelerates direct-to-consumer farm sales

Around 7 million additional U.S. households turned directly to producers in 2020. Experts say that growth in direct agricultural sales across the state could benefit the industry long term due to the increase in consumer knowledge and appreciation of local food production. Plus, a collection of resources to connect farmers, ranc[...]

Mar 26, 2021

Entrepreneur sees green in scrap-tire mountains

According to most estimates, Colorado has more scrap tires than any other state. Roman Navarro, founder and CEO of Tires to Green Recycling in Hudson, saw an opportunity to recycle tires in Colorado after starting his career recycling electronics in Mexico.

Mar 8, 2021

Amid COVID, craft brewers see the can half-full

Many breweries turned to canning beers and building a model resilient enough to survive a slow winter. For Ska Street Brewstillery in Boulder, they kept brewing and found a market thirsty for canned beer, which made up about half of all sales before the pandemic.

Mar 2, 2021

Women in dentistry on the rise

According to the American Dental Association, 33% of dentists in the U.S. are female, and 63.4% own their own practice. Women also hold about 35% full-time and 30% part-time faculty positions at dental schools. Check out this discussion about why this trend is happening and how we can continue to support and encourage these stro[...]

Dec 28, 2020

Colorado brewers roll out lighter option

Reflecting a national trend centered around healthy living, Colorado breweries including Oskar Blues, Ska, Odell and New Belgium have begun rolling out low-calorie, low-carb brews targeted at consumers with active lifestyles.

Dec 22, 2020

The importance of shopping sustainably this holiday season

Wrapping paper, single-use plastics, and packaging materials pile up in the trash this time of year, introducing more pollution into our environment. The good news? There are many ways that we can be more conscious consumers this holiday season. For those who want to shop green but don’t know where to start, here are some idea[...]

Dec 14, 2020

Beer in 2021 and beyond

Breweries that want to not only survive but to thrive on the other side will need to change and adapt. 2021 may or may not mark the end of the pandemic, but it will certainly bring additional twists and turns for breweries as they weather the current crisis and position for growth in the coming years. As 2020 finally nears its e[...]

Dec 10, 2020

Respect gaining for cut-and-sew industry

As COVID-19 spread across Colorado in the spring, sewing skills were suddenly in high demand. It was a shot in the arm for Colorado’s cut-and-sew industry, which has withered as manufacturing largely migrated overseas over the last 40 years. But can the mask boom sustain a broader comeback for the sector?