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Executive changes announced in Quik's European division

Executive changes announced in Quik's European division

Quiksilver Europe said today that Sébastien Loux, vice president finance and operations, has resigned to pursue other interests. Loux worked for Quiksilver for 15 years. He will be replaced by Pierre…

News May 13, 2013
Designer labels fight back against department store discounts

Designer labels fight back against department store discounts

I saw in interesting story about designer labels fighting back about deep department store discounts that took place last fall and holiday. A lot of the same discounting issues bubbled…

News May 13, 2013
Richard Woolcott helps rescue injured surfer

Richard Woolcott helps rescue injured surfer

Updated Thursday 6:11 a.m. with link to new Register story with more details of the rescue Laguna Beach firefighters are crediting Volcom CEO Richard Woolcott and three other surfers with…

News May 13, 2013
Update: Source Interlink's prepackaged bankruptcy is moving right along

Update: Source Interlink's prepackaged bankruptcy is moving right along

Source Interlink's pre-packaged bankruptcy appears to be proceeding just as the media giant intended when it filed late last month for Chapter 11 protection.

News May 13, 2013
Zumiez Q1 09 results: down double-digits, but better than expected

Zumiez Q1 09 results: down double-digits, but better than expected

Zumiez reported a $1.7 milion net loss for its Q1 09 today, or 6 cents per dilulted share, compared to positive net income of $1.4 million in the same quarter…

News May 13, 2013

May a tough month for Zumiez

Zumiez reported this afternoon that same-store sales for May declined 20.7 percent. All departments comped down in May, including footwear, which has been a bright spot for the action sports…

News May 13, 2013
VF CEO sees some stabilization

VF CEO sees some stabilization

VF's CEO said he has seen some stabilization in the marketplace at an investors conference Friday, according to Reuters. However, Eric Wiseman does not think any markets where VF operates…

News May 13, 2013
Sole Tech Europe switches distributors in Russia

Sole Tech Europe switches distributors in Russia

Press Release:

News May 13, 2013
A visit to Zumiez headquarters

A visit to Zumiez headquarters

Since I'm in Seattle, I took the opportunity yesterday to visit Zumiez's corporate headquarters in Everett, about 40 minutes north of the city. Zumiez CFO Trevor Lang gave me a…

News May 13, 2013
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