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Cary Allington of ActionWatch

Shoe sales bounce back in core stores

Cary Allington of ActionWatch sent me some interesting sales data for May. The ActionWatch same-stores sales report measures…

News May 13, 2013
Billabong USA President Paul Naudí©

Billabong acquires retailer Quiet Flight

Billabong International picks up Quiet Flights 14 stores on the East Coast. June 11, 2008 PRESS RELEASE Billabong…

News May 13, 2013
Sullen is focusing on art-driven Täó»s instead of cut and sew.

Sullen focuses on Ts instead of cut and sew

I had an interesting conversation the other day with Jeremy Hanna, Sullen's co-founder and director of marketing and…

News May 13, 2013
VF CEO on acquisitions and

VF CEO on acquisitions and more

I had a chance this morning to read the transcript from the VF Corp. third quarter conference call…

News May 13, 2013
Comp sale roundup for Buckle

Comp sale roundup for Buckle, Urban Outfitters, Macy's, Nordstrom, Hollister

Here are October sales results for industry customers and competitors The Buckle Oct. same-store sales: up 14. 5…

News May 13, 2013
A skate page on Journeys website

Journeys same-store sales hold up in Q3

Genesco, the parent company of shoe retailer Journeys, said last evening that same-store sales for the chain rose…

News May 13, 2013
November tough at retail

November tough at retail, though discounts helped

November same-store were pretty grim across the board - except for The Buckle. In addition to the dip…

News May 13, 2013
PacSun CEO Sally Frame Kasaks

PacSun rejects Adrenalina overtures – again

This time, PacSun is the one writing a letter in regards to the Adrenalina bid.  Here's one from…

News May 13, 2013
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Surf and skate shops on holiday and planning for spring

I checked in with four surf and skate shops this week - South Coast in San Diego, Liberty…

News May 13, 2013
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