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Telluride apparel startup raises nearly $1 million, adds employees
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Wheat Ridge ski boot company secures first patent
Apex Ski Boots has received a patent for aspects of the lacing of its inner boot liner. The company said three more patent applications are pending.
Arvada native doubles gym footprint
Jon Cerf’s third Core Progression personal training gym opens this weekend, and franchise deals will bring the brand to downtown Denver and Boulder.
Another new-to-Denver fitness brand is coming to Cherry Creek; eyeing Highlands
Celebrity trainer Jason Walsh started Rise Nation four years ago in Hollywood, offering 30-minute full-body group workouts. Participants stand upright on machines called Versa Climbers, moving their arms and legs as if they were scaling a wall on the machine.
Opening date set for SoulCycle’s first Denver studio, in Cherry Creek
Denver’s first SoulCycle studio now has an opening date.
Yoga company loses a Cherry Creek outpost
Yoga Pod Cherry Creek plans to close in November.
Denver fitness brand expanding to Boulder
Terry Newman has doubled Fierce45’s footprint this year, and now she’s expanding beyond the Denver metro area.
Ski luggage startup founder moves operations to Denver from Wyoming
James Poss, 26, who started making ski boot luggage in Jackson Hole two years ago, is now working out of the WeWork on Platte Street.
Berkeley gear shop crowdfunds $100K for move on Tennyson
Feral Outdoor Co. turned to crowdfunding when it unexpectedly had to vacate its space on Tennyson Street.
Yoga brand loses two more studios
The closure of Yoga Pod’s studios in LoDo and the Denver Tech Center comes in the wake of five other franchisees leaving the company in a year-long period.
