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Puma sales weak in U.S. in third quarter
Footwear maker Puma said today that net income declined 23.6% to Euro 67.9 million for the third quarter. The decline included the impact of restructuring charges. Total sales fell 5.5%…
News May 13, 2013
Executive moves: Julie Bartholet joins Black Box
Julie Bartholet is the new director of sales at Black Box Distribution and will report to Black Box CEO Frank Messmann. Most recently, Julie was director of sales at Adio…
News May 13, 2013
ASR and Crossroads team up for skate trade show
Let the skate trade show wars begin. ASR is partnering with professional skater Jamie Thomas to bring his skate-focused Crossroads show to a site adjacent to ASR on Feb. 3…
News May 13, 2013
Billabong invests in Australian online retailer
Here’s some news from Billabong announced just before Christmas. The company has a conditional agreement to acquire a minority interest in Surfstitch, an online retailer in Australia. The agreement gives…
News May 13, 2013
Reef restructures sales force
Reef is restructuring its internal and external sales forces to align with different distribution channels. The company is moving from using 20 independent sales reps in different parts of the…
News May 13, 2013
Airblaster makes big plans for Ninja Suit
The more we talk to snowboard shops, the more we keep hearing about the Airblaster brand and its popular Ninja Suit. So I stopped by the Airblaster booth at SIA…
News May 13, 2013
PacSun hires Juniors exec from Urban
Pacific Sunwear announced today it has hired Christine Lee as the new senior vice president and general merchandise manager of Juniors' merchandising and design. Lee spent almost 20 years at…
News May 13, 2013
Zumiez sales zoom in February
Positive news from Zumiez today as the important industry retailer reported a 11.2% increase in February same store sales. Total sales rose 19.6% to $27.6 million. Comps were positive in…
News May 13, 2013
Per Welinder on Blitz/Black Label deal
By TIFFANY MONTGOMERY I followed up with Blitz Distribution President Per Welinder about Blitz’s announcement on Friday that skateboard brand Black Label was moving under the Blitz umbrella. I asked…
News May 13, 2013
