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Una Baker holds breast cancer surf contest
Una Baker is connected. Very connected. The wife of surf industry insider Dick Baker is helping to organize a surf contest to raise awareness about breast cancer. You can also…
News May 13, 2013
The Collective will examine juniors market
Here are some details about The Collective, an event at The Camp I'm working on with Foam Magazine. The team at Foam and I have lined up influential industry executives…
News May 13, 2013Industry helps with clean water project
I am tied up on several projects this week so wasn't able to go in person to the press conference yesterday at the Ocean Institute of Dana Point kicking off…
News May 13, 2013
Updated vision for ONeill Girls with new VP
O'Neill Girls hosted a big event Thursday in Laguna Beach called Generation Next. I wasn't able to go, but followed up to get an update about what is new with…
News May 13, 2013
Atwater outfits Anaheim Ducks players
A stream of Ducks players are stopping by Atwater offices lately to pick up clothes. Atwater, an up-and-coming surf brand in Newport Beach, made the Ducks connection through a friend…
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Don Brown on marketing the GvR contest
I stopped by the concert and party Saturday night for Etnies GvR skate contest. The event attracted about 18,000 people over the weekend and is parent company Sole Technology's biggest…
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ZJ Boarding House: What’s selling now
Fall goods have been in stores for awhile now so I thought I'd check in with ZJ Boarding House in Santa Monica to see what is selling well. I also…
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Ambission works to break in from afar
One of the young founders of Ambission based in Arroyo Grande in the Central Coast recently emailed me with the story of his brand. It's a pretty good story and…
News May 13, 2013
Bob McKnight: The manufacturer’s view
Bob and I talked about this issue, among others, as part of a larger interview. I think it provides some insight into Quiksilver's approach and reasoning behind its retail strategy:…
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