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The Volcom management team

Details about Volcom’s retail strategy

Volcom CEO Richard Woolcott shed some light on Volcom's retail strategy in the wake of its announced purchase…

News May 13, 2013
Burtonäó»s West Coast headquarters in Irvine.

Burton layoffs

I received several emails that Burton had layoffs yesterday. I pressed hard to get accurate facts from officials…

News May 13, 2013
Tommy Knapp

Honolua co-founder on surviving a recession

We all know times are tough out there, so I thought it would be a good idea to…

News May 13, 2013
Steve Carlson of Central Coast Surfboards in San Luis Obispo

Interesting nuggets from BRA Summit

Here are the highlights from various presentations I attended at the Board Retailers Association Summit in Puerto Rico.Six…

News May 13, 2013
Bob Hurley after his keynote speech Wednesday night.

Hurley urges group to focus on consumers

In his keynote address on the first night of the SIMA Surf Summit in Cabo San Lucas, Bob…

News May 13, 2013
Sole Technology owner and CEO Pierre Andrí© Senizergues and VP of Marketing Don Brown

Pierre and Don on Maloof Cup and business

I stopped by the Maloof Money Cup at the Orange County Fair Saturday to watch a little of…

News May 13, 2013
The juniors report from five

The juniors report from five key retailers

In my quest to find out the climate in the juniors market, today I turn to five well-known…

News May 13, 2013
Richard Woolcott is now Volcomäó»s chairman of the board in addition to CEO. Heäó»s pictured here with his mother

Richard Woolcott takes on Chairman title

Volcom announced yesterday that Richard Woolcott is now the chairman of the board in addition to CEO. Chief…

News May 13, 2013
KR3W clothing

KR3W says it is not impacted by Rays news

I checked in yesterday with Scott VanDerripe, a partner in One Distribution, maker of KR3W clothing and Supra…

News May 13, 2013
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