Plus, details about COVID precautions for the coming season and financial results for the company’s recently ended fiscal year.
Tiffany Montgomery
Tiffany Montgomery is Content Director and Editor-in-Chief of Shop Eat Surf Outdoor, and oversees editorial direction for Retail TouchPoints and Impressions Magazine. She founded Shop Eat Surf in 2007 (acquired by Emerald in 2019) and led its 2025 expansion into Shop Eat Surf Outdoor. Previously a reporter and editor at The Orange County Register for more than a decade, covering beats ranging from police and city hall to the business of surf, retail, and restaurant industries.
Tiffany Montgomery's Latest Posts
What’s Selling at Farias Surf & Sport
Farias is a high volume core account that has a huge, good-looking flagship store and six others on the Jersey coast. We talk to owner Brian Farias about his philosophy of brand placement, what brands and categories are selling well, and what it’s like to operate a busy core store right now.
Snow Resorts Roll Over Many “COVID” Keepers After Banner Year
The pandemic forced companies to innovate, including snow resorts, many of which saw robust skier and rider visits last season. Resorts are carrying over some of those improvements, which proved popular with guests.
Swim Collective Returns to Resort Setting
The Swim Collective is ditching the convention center and moving to the Pasea Hotel & Spa in Huntington Beach for its upcoming show in January. Associate Show Director Devon Damelio shares details about how the show is evolving.
Jack’s Partner Inducted into Surfing Walk of Fame
Industry executives turned out to support Jack’s Surfboards partner Ron Abdelfattah at the Surfing Walk of Fame Induction ceremony Thursday in Huntington Beach as well as the others who were honored.
Kering and Goldman Sachs Invest in Aaron Levant’s NTWRK
Aaron Levant, best known in our industry as the founder of the Agenda Trade Show, attracts another $50 million in investment for his livestream shopping platform.
Fast-Growing Thread Has Big Expansion Plans
We met with the co-founder of Thread Wallets at Surf Expo to find out more about just how fast the brand is growing, including projected revenue for 2021.
New National Sales Director for Hurley Men’s Named
A longtime former Nike sales executive is now leading sales for Hurley Men’s under the new apparel licensee.
Rip Curl WSL Finals Generates 6.8 Million Live Stream Video Views
The Rip Curl WSL Finals was the largest single day of consumption for WSL on YouTube, more than doubling the numbers for the 2019 Pipeline finals.
Photos from the New Jersey Surfing Hall of Fame Ceremony
SES is in New Jersey this week visiting industry accounts and had the opportunity to stop by the New Jersey Surfing Hall of Fame ceremony Sunday night in Ocean City.
Zumiez Q2 Sales Rise 17% vs. 2019
The industry customer reported another quarter of strong financial results.
Photos from Day One of Surf Expo
We have many photos from the show floor – we talked to lots of happy people because business in 2021 has been VERY GOOD for nearly every brand and retailer we talked to.
