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Shop-eat-surf grows again
 Shop-eat-surf is pleased to welcome Caroline King as the newest member of our team.  Caroline joins us as an Account Executive, responsible primarily for building our online Professional…
News May 13, 2013
Retail check: a survey of four independent retailers around the country
Given that spring is here, I thought it would be a good time to check in with some independent retailers to see how business is going and how they are…
Executive Edition May 13, 2013
Quiksilver's Kelly Slater wins 11th World Title
Press Release: Â San Francisco, CA. (November 2, 2011) -- Quiksilver's Kelly Slater clinched an historic and unprecedented 11th ASP World Title today in the cold and challenging waters of…
News May 13, 2013
U.S. retail sales slip in April, plus consumer sentiment, port volume and CFO survey results
U.S. retail sales slumped in April, dropping by -.4 percent compared to March -- and by -10.1 percent compared to April 2008, the U.S. Commerce Dept. reported today. Those sales…
Executive Edition May 13, 2013
Pete Fox, Rob Dyrdek and Jerome Mage create new sunglass brand
Leaders from different parts of the action sports industry have joined to create a new sunglass brand that marries fashion and action sports.
News May 13, 2013
Executive Comp: What CEOs of action sports, apparel and retail companies made last year
A lot of readers responded to an earlier story I wrote about the modest salary by public company standards of Zumiez CEO Rick Brooks and the company's egalitarian executive compensation…
Executive Edition May 13, 2013NRF: October retail sales rise
Press Release:  Consumer Spending on Discretionary Categories Boosts October Retail Sales, According to NRF -Retail Industry Sales Increase for 16th Straight Month-  Washington, November 15, 2011 – Led…
News May 13, 2013
Black Box Distribution owners on their new partnership, the recession, Insight, Crossroads and the future
I drove to Carlsbad this month to meet with Jamie Thomas and Frank Messman of Black Box Distribution to find out more about what is happening with the company. Black…
Executive Edition May 13, 2013Bob Hurley on how Hurley lost and regained its focus
Bob Hurley talked about how Hurley lost its way in the previous decade, and how Roger Wyett and their team helped the company to regain its focus.
News May 13, 2013
