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July apparel sales weak at

July apparel sales weak at Zumiez

Weak apparel sales hurt Zumiez results in July. Same-store sales fell 1.4 percent for one of the action…

News May 13, 2013
Luxottica says Oakley hot in

Luxottica says Oakley hot in all regions

It's been 12 months since Luxottica bought Oakley, one of its biggest competitors. Since the acquisition, Oakley's wholesale…

News May 13, 2013
Bob Mignogna

How the surf industry helped save Trestles

I know action sports companies has been involved in the fight to save Trestles, but I wanted to…

News May 13, 2013
Marshal Cohen

More data about the skate shoe market

I've reported before that there appears to be some softening in skate shoe sales. On its monthly sales…

News May 13, 2013
A clarification about

A clarification about Quiksilver layoffs

Quiksilver executives told me this afternoon I made an erroneous link earlier today between pending layoffs at the…

News May 13, 2013
Boys shorts from Shaun Whiteäó»s collection are $17.99. Photos courtesy of the Target website.

A glimpse at Shaun White’s new Target line

Target is heavily promoting Shaun White's new clothing line which arrived in stores this month. I checked out…

News May 13, 2013
Marty Samuels

Highlights from Quik shareholder meeting

I stopped by the Quiksilver shareholder meeting Friday which drew a large crowd of investors, left, who listened…

News May 13, 2013
Factor54 founder Todd Miller and investor Ted Wueste

Factor54 raising money to grow

I stopped by the Costa Mesa garage that Factor54 calls home the other day and met company owners…

News May 13, 2013
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Welcome new Shop-eat-surf sponsors

Two new sponsors join Shop-Eat-Surf today - pretty exciting for my little startup. Moss-Adams LLP and Innovative Systems…

News May 13, 2013
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