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World Skin Cancer Foundation hosts first U.S. West Coast contest
The World Skin Cancer Foundation's first U.S. West Coast event is May 30 and includes a surf contest at the San Clemente Pier, and a dinner party and auction at…
News May 13, 2013
Quiksilver earnings and conference call later today
Quiksilver reports second quarter earnings later today and will likely provide an update on its efforts to improve liquidity as a 55 million Euro line of credit comes due at…
News May 13, 2013
Action sports brands woo investors at Capital Forum
I zoomed to downtown San Diego yesterday to hear a few young action sports companies pitch their ideas to a room of investors at the first Connect S.I. Capital Forum.…
News May 13, 2013
Todd and Mikke on changes at ZJ Boarding House
Updated Friday at 2:45 p.m. with photos of the new Billabong and Hurley stores ZJ Boarding House debuts a new strategy this weekend with two of its three spaces converted…
News May 13, 2013SIMA Boot Camp: How to connect to Today's Millenials
Michael Wood, the Senior VP of Syndicated Research at Teen Research Unlimited (TRU), presented a very dynamic and informative presentation yesterday at the SIMA Boot Camp on understanding today's millennials.…
News May 13, 2013
Amazon aquiring online shoe retailer Zappos
Amazon is acquiring online shoe retailer Zappos, an industry customer, in a deal worth $928 million, according to Reuters. Zappos logged $1 billion in merchandise sales last year. Zappos CEO…
News May 13, 2013
Retailers and others party at DC's Gold Standard event Saturday
I stopped by DC's closing Monster party Saturday night, held as part of their Gold Standard event in connection with the X Games. For the second year in a row,…
News May 13, 2013
Swell CEO discusses launch of new site for core stores
Swell.com launched a new site for core surf shops this week called Coreshopsdirect.com. The site is a directory of core shops around the country and an e-commerce platform for selling…
News May 13, 2013
The Buckle's ultimate growth target, plus its fashion mix for fall
Here are some interesting notes from The Buckle's earnings conference call last week. The Buckle sells some action sports brands at its 401 stores in 41 states. Expanded online fulfillment…
News May 13, 2013
