Merchants in downtown Grand Junction look toward the upcoming holiday shopping season with the same trepidation as their counterparts across the Grand Valley. Sharp downturns in holiday shopping the past two years have them hoping the scenario won’t get any worse and that 2010 could bring an upturn in sales during November and December. At […]
The warning has been out there for more than a decade: Business owners must realize their competition consists of more than what they can see looking up and down the streets of their towns. The Internet offers shoppers the means to browse products and services from around the globe. And the trend of increasing Internet […]
U.S. payrolls edged up in October after four straight months of declines, but not enough to lower the unemployment rate. According to the latest Labor Department estimates, nonfarm payroll employment increased by 151,000 even as the jobless rate held steady at 9.6 percent. The October gain was the first since May, when nonfarm payrolls swelled […]
A monthly index tracking business conditions in Colorado posted its first gain in four months as prospects improve for job growth, although at a slow pace. The Business Conditions Index climbed to 52.3 in October, up 1.7 points from what was in September the lowest level in a year. “After gaining almost 3,000 jobs between […]