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Zov Karamardian talks about expansion
Zov Karamardian, one of Orange County's celebrity chefs, was happy operating one location, Zov's Bistro & Cafe, for 20 years. Then the expansion tear: she's opened two more in a…
News May 13, 2013
The business of the Reef Hawaiian Pro
Reef's global vice president of marketing Kevin Flanagan answered some questions for me from Hawaii about the business impact of the Reef Hawaiian Pro. Kevin Flanagan, Reef vice president of…
News May 13, 2013
Mark Miller of DC on Irvine Spectrum store
The folks at DC Shoes sent me photos from the official grand opening party of their store at the Irvine Spectrum. I took the opportunity to ask some questions about…
News May 13, 2013
Report from Australia
One of the best parts of this Website is talking with people (via e-mail) from all over the world. One of my subscribers is Keith Curtain from Australia, who runs…
News May 13, 2013
Stores say Quiksilver Women's line a hit
I stopped by Quiksilver the other day to find out how the Quiksilver Women's line is doing now that it is in stores. I also called or emailed several buyers…
News May 13, 2013Shopping center execs pessimistic on BTS
The International Council of Shopping Centers surveys mall executives each month and the July results are sobering. The survey results, released this month, show business conditions deteriorated significantly in July,…
News May 13, 2013
La Jolla Group promotes Forsell and Gage
Some executive moves at La Jolla. Here's the release: Irvine, CA (January 8, 2008) - La Jolla Group announced today the promotion of Erik Forsell to the position of Vice…
News May 13, 2013
PacSun's plans for 2008
I sat in on PacSun CEO Sally Frame Kasaks' presentation today at the ICR XChange conference. Here are some interesting things she had to say. In 2008, PacSun plans to…
News May 13, 2013
Ambiguous: Now in 100 PacSun doors
Ambiguous is starting to expand in major accounts like PacSun and Zumiez and president Frank Delgadillo envisions widening distribution in the next few years. "I'm ready to open up distribution…
News May 13, 2013
