Dec. 2, 2015 – Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office Director Luis Benitez is on the MtnMeister podcast
MtnMeister is the podcast that explores the minds of those who explore, and Luis has done a fair bit of that in his lifetime. He’s a renowned mountain guide who has taken the lessons learned from climbing and applied them to business. Luis has summited the seven summits 32 times, Mt. Everest was six of those. Hear about how the State of Colorado plans to catalyze its outdoor recreation industry, make it more inclusive, and the importance of outdoor recreation to the country as a $14B industry. Listen in:
Dec. 9, 2015 – QBP relocating Ogden distribution center to Denver
As QBP opens its new distribution center in Reno, Nevada, today, the company has announced that it is relocating its Q-West operation in Ogden, Utah, to the Denver area. The move will significantly improve service to customers by reducing ground service transit times, QBP said in a statement.
“With the Dec. 9 opening of our Reno location, we’re now able to get to all of the major metro West Coast locations in one day,” said Kim Brown, QBP’s director of distribution. “And by moving operations from Ogden to the Denver area, QBP will be able to reach the entire state of Colorado in one day.” Colorado is QBP’s second largest market in the U.S., behind only California. Learn more here.