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Buckle shoppers OK with higher

Buckle shoppers OK with higher price points

Some interesting nuggets emerged from The Buckle's second quarter earnings conference call, which I'm catching up on from…

News May 13, 2013
Dick and Una Baker at Jackäó»s Surfboards 50th anniversary party this summer.

Dick Baker on retail distribution in the future

I asked Dick Baker to weigh in on the distribution question. Dick is the president of SIMA, the…

News May 13, 2013
Andy Tompkins

ASR tweaks January 08 show

I headed over to San Juan Capistrano yesterday to talk with Andy Tompkins, ASR show director, about some…

News May 13, 2013
Shop-Eat-Surf turns one

Shop-Eat-Surf turns one

August marks the one year anniversary of shop-eat-surf-outdoor.com. It's hard to believe how the site has spread around…

News May 13, 2013
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Retail wisdom from Mickey Drexler

I spent this morning at the ICR XChange investment conference at the St. Regis in Dana Point. I…

News May 13, 2013
Sole Technologyäó»s power team: Paul Migaki

PacSun cutting shoes; Sole Tech reacts

Pacific Sunwear executives have been informing shoe companies this week that the industry's largest customer is dropping most…

News May 13, 2013
The Sunriver Resort in Oregon. Photo courtesy of the Mt. Bachelor Website.

Headed to Oregon to go skiing

I'm traveling Tuesday to Oregon for a ski trip. I won't be posting as much this week but…

News May 13, 2013
Eric Wiseman

VF Corp: Q4 stronger than expected

While others struggle, VF Corp. continues to do well even in a tough economy. VF owns a multitude…

News May 13, 2013
Quiksilver President Bernard Mariette at the ICR XChange conference in Dana Point in January.

Bernard Mariette forfeits unvested stock

According to a filing with the SEC, Bernard Mariette has forfeited 245,000 shares of unvested restricted stock that…

News May 13, 2013
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