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Jack’s fights to open in Laguna Beach
Mark your calendars for Sept. 18. That's when Jack's Surfboards will take its fight to open in downtown Laguna Beach to the City Council.Bobby and Ron Abdel, part of the…
News May 13, 2013
Slowest growth in six years for Xmas sales
The National Retail Federation released its annual forecast for holiday sales this morning. Earlier this month it also published some interesting data about online sales. Retail sales in November and…
News May 13, 2013
Volcom acquires Japanese distributor
Volcom announced this morning that it has signed an agreement to buy its Japanese distributor as the company moves to bring another international region in-house. Chairman and CEO Richard Woolcott…
News May 13, 2013
Sole Tech takes a field trip, to the movies
Work ended early for many Sole Technology employees Monday afternoon.
News May 13, 2013
Bob McKnight’s business tips
During my interview with Bob McKnight last week, I asked him to share some business advice for entrepreneurs. He teaches classes on the subject at UCI, USC and other schools…
News May 13, 2013
Chat Noir changing to Savannah
David Wilhelm's Culinary Adventure group is changing its Chat Noir restaurant across from South Coast Plaza to Savannah, modeled after its Savannah chop house concept in Laguna Niguel. I'm trying…
News May 13, 2013
Oakley parent ramping up China stores
Luxottica, which is close to sealing its purchase of Oakley after Oakley shareholders approved the sale this week, plans to open 1,000 stores in China in the next five years.…
News May 13, 2013
PacSun reducing footwear, adding snow
There was some news that came out of PacSun's third quarter earnings conference call yesterday. Footwear PacSun is eliminating footwear at about 50 to 60 underperforming stores. Those stores will…
News May 13, 2013
Split founder takes helm at Ambiguous
David Patri, formerly of Split, is the new president of Ambiguous Clothing USA. David founded Split Clothing in 1988 and later introduced the Split Girl line in 1999. Frank Delgadillo,…
News May 13, 2013
