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IVI welcomes style icon Leigh Lezark as newest brand ambassador

IVI welcomes style icon Leigh Lezark as newest brand ambassador

Press release:   Irvine, CA – (April 30th, 2013): Premium eyewear line IVI (pronounced ‘eye-vee’) today announces the addition of style icon Leigh Lezark as brand ambassador. Leigh debuts with…

News May 13, 2013
Toby Bost exits La Jolla Group, new leaders named

Toby Bost exits La Jolla Group, new leaders named

The La Jolla Group moves in a different direction, and brings in a new CEO and a new President for the O'Neill brand, someone that is familiar to the industry.

News May 13, 2013
Electric welcomes new brand ambassador Chris Christenson

Electric welcomes new brand ambassador Chris Christenson

Press release:   SAN CLEMENTE, CA – Iconic surfboard shaper Chris Christenson joins Electric’s brand ambassador program.  

News May 13, 2013

New PacSun CEO: One tough cookie

I had a great interview with Sally Frame Kasaks, a retail industry heavyweight who is now CEO of PacSun, the teen clothing chain based in Anaheim. What she had to…

News May 13, 2013

Yard House owners score with sale

Steele Platt: Living large after selling 70% stake of the Yard House to investors. My pal Nancy Luna at The Register landed the scoop about Yard House bringing in outside…

News May 13, 2013
Toll Road hearing update 2

Toll Road hearing update 2

DEL MAR - It's democracy in action. It's a carnival. It's hot, muggy and buggy inside the cavernous O'Brien Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, where a crowd approaching 2,000…

News May 13, 2013

Shane Wallace on new store and cash flow

I stopped by the new Active store in San Diego during ASR. The store, adjacent to Petco Park, is large and open, with a cool industrial feel. I exchanged emails…

News May 13, 2013
Orders big for Lost bikini launch

Orders big for Lost bikini launch

A couple months ago I went to the Lost fashion show that promoted the launch of the juniors swimline. I followed up yesterday to see how retailers reacted to the…

News May 13, 2013
The Lab owner bids on Portland project

The Lab owner bids on Portland project

The Costa Mesa company that owns The Lab and The Camp shopping centers is one of three finalists to develop a big project in the ultra hip Pearl District in…

News May 13, 2013
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Strategy & Planning Series
Strategy & Planning Series
Strategy & Planning Series