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Web analysis and rankings, Day 2: Brands

Web analysis and rankings, Day 2: Brands

Yesterday, our web series focused on the retail side of the equation. Today, we'll explore how industry brands are doing online, why some brands are doing better than others, and…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013
Burton owners open home for Fall Bash

Burton owners open home for Fall Bash

More than 1,000 people attended Burton's Fall Bash Saturday at the Carpenter home to kick off the winter season. Shop-eat-surf was there as well, and we have lots of photos.

News May 13, 2013
Tommy Knapp: Retailers, differentiate to survive

Tommy Knapp: Retailers, differentiate to survive

Editor's note: Tommy Knapp co-founded the Honolua retail chain in Hawaii and founded Club Sportwear. He's now an adjunct professor at USC. This is Part II of his column on…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013
Green furniture company to launch at Sacred Craft

Green furniture company to launch at Sacred Craft

Press Release:   Legendary San Diego Design Collective Launches Modern, Eco-Friendly Furniture Line at Sacred Craft Expo in Del Mar   Elegant, hand-shaped products are enabled by high-performance, bio-based composites developed…

News May 13, 2013
Tourism in Hawaii, California and Florida slipped and 2009 forecasts are lower

Tourism in Hawaii, California and Florida slipped and 2009 forecasts are lower

Tourist travel and spending in three key industry states slipped, and forecasts from Hawaii, California and Florida call for 2009 to be even lower. Economists in those states built their…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013
Billabong hosts 12th annual Cosmic Creek surf contest

Billabong hosts 12th annual Cosmic Creek surf contest

Press Release:   Retro Surf Contest Featuring Free Concert with Donavon Frankenreiter & Guests Returns to Salt Creek    IRVINE, CA – (October 11, 2011) -- California’s classic, counterculture surf…

News May 13, 2013
U.S. consumers still searching for a bottom

U.S. consumers still searching for a bottom

U.S. consumers are sending mixed signals about whether the economic downturn is bottoming. March retail sales results released today show an end to the promising run of month-over-month growth in…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013

Concrete Wave Magazine announces new publication

Press Release: AXS Longboard Retailer   Action sports retailers are finding demand has been increasing for longboards. What started as a small movement over a decade and half ago has…

News May 13, 2013
Interesting insights from Bob McKnight's speech at UCI

Interesting insights from Bob McKnight's speech at UCI

Editor's note: This story was originally posted Wednesday May 20. We moved it so that it appears on the home page through the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend. Quiksilver CEO…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013
Strategy & Planning Series
Strategy & Planning Series
Strategy & Planning Series
Strategy & Planning Series