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Kelly Gibson

Gibson: The turnaround is in effect

Kelly Gibson has been at Rip Curl 15 months, and is now confident the product is revamped and…

News May 13, 2013
Guys comp sales decline at

Guys comp sales decline at PacSun in July

The action sports industry's biggest customer had a tough July with same-store sales falling 4 percent. Juniors continued…

News May 13, 2013
Billabong refinances and

Billabong refinances and extends financing agreements

I came across a Reuters story the other day that said Billabong was in the midst of raising…

News May 13, 2013
Paul Naudí© and Billabong are big contributors to the Surfrider Foundation. This is a photo of Paul at the Watermanäó»s Ball in 2007.

List of Surfrider’s big contributors

Here's the list of big contributors from Surfrider's 2006 annual report, the most recent one available.$1,000,000 - $500,000…

News May 13, 2013
Matix fall line at the ASR fashion show.

The scoop on Matix juniors fall line

In my story yesterday, the general manager of Villains in San Francisco told me that Matix juniors has…

News May 13, 2013
Quiksilver notifies state of

Quiksilver notifies state of pending layoffs

Editors note: See updated version of this story in the related links to the left. Quiksilver Inc. of…

News May 13, 2013
Josh Sweeney

HippyTree runs with nature theme

When I talk to surf shops in LA County, the brand HippyTree keeps coming up as one to…

News May 13, 2013
Fernando Aguerre

Fernando on the downside of rapid growth

I had an interesting interview with Reef co-founder Fernando Aguerre awhile back. There are some gems from the…

News May 13, 2013
More Quik layoffs from

More Quik layoffs from warehouse move

The state posted a notice last week that Quiksilver will layoff an additional 155 employees as the company…

News May 13, 2013
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Strategy & Planning Series
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