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Op stores planned for Middle East
The new owner of Op, Iconix Brand Group, Inc., has signed some new international deals for the brand. Domestically, Iconix previously announced Wal-Mart would be the exclusive distributor going forward.…
News May 13, 2013
Sole Tech: a renewed focus on the core
Don Brown, vice president of marketing for Sole Technology in Lake Forest, answered some questions for me about the company's initiatives at the core level and how changes at PacSun…
News May 13, 2013
Mikke and Todd on 20 years of ZJ Boarding House
Todd Roberts and Mikke Pierson recently celebrated the 20 year anniversary of ZJ Boarding House with a party for the community in Santa Monica. Since many partnerships and businesses don't…
News May 13, 2013
Ocean Minded launching bags for fall ‘08
I talked with Gary Ward the other day about how life has changed since publicly-traded Crocs, Inc. bought his sandal company, Ocean Minded, earlier this year. Let's just say Gary…
News May 13, 2013
Widely sold brands struggling at Zumiez
An interesting theme emerged during the Zumiez second quarter earnings conference call yesterday. CEO Rick Brooks said price cuts by competitors at the mall drove down apparel comps at Zumiez…
News May 13, 2013
Urban Outfitters has Bucklesque Q2
One of my readers suggested I should be covering Urban Outfitters, given how many action sports brands sell to the chain, including Analog, Insight, Burton, Obey, Paul Frank, RVCA, WeSC…
News May 13, 2013
December same-store sales flash report
Mostly, it wasn't pretty out there in December, though The Buckle had a stellar month. Here's the report: PACIFIC SUNWEAR The industry's biggest customer had a "weaker than expected performance…
News May 13, 2013
Wooly, others react to White/Target news
The news today that top snowboarder Shaun White is creating a line for Target makes me wonder: How do the action sports brands that sponsor Shaun, like Volcom and Burton,…
News May 13, 2013
Duke: Maybe retailers should start brands
Duke Edukas, co-owner of Surfside Sports in Costa Mesa, had an interesting idea for the future at a retail panel at ASR. He thought sometime down the road key retailers…
News May 13, 2013
