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Drum roll: New Whole Foods opens today
Here's my advice: Go there, it's awesome! I got two sneak peaks of the new 60,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market at The District in Tustin before it opened. The place is…
News May 13, 2013
Surf community rallies to help Adam Popp, 27
An e-mail arrived in my inbox that really moved me. Duke Edukas at Surfside Sports in Costa Mesa wrote about a former employee struggling with testicular cancer.
News May 13, 2013
Quiksilver maintains guidances for year
Despite the tough retail climate, Quiksilver maintained its earnings guidance for the year yesterday when it reported earnings for the third quarter ended July 31. CEO and Chairman Bob McKnight…
News May 13, 2013
Nike's review looks good for Hurley
I did some more reporting yesterday on Nike's review of its portfolio of other brands. According to a transcript of Nike's conference call, the company has taken a hard look…
News May 13, 2013
Sullen outgrows warehouse, orders way up
I received an interesting e-mail from Sullen Clothing in Irvine about the great show they had at ASR in September. I don't know those guys, so I called Co-Founder Jeremy…
News May 13, 2013
Catching up with Jade Howe
I haven't talked to Jade Howe since his company packed up and left Orange County. Howe now has spacious new offices in Gardena thanks to new owner Seattle Pacific Industries.…
News May 13, 2013
Zov Karamardian talks about expansion
Zov Karamardian, one of Orange County's celebrity chefs, was happy operating one location, Zov's Bistro & Cafe, for 20 years. Then the expansion tear: she's opened two more in a…
News May 13, 2013
The business of the Reef Hawaiian Pro
Reef's global vice president of marketing Kevin Flanagan answered some questions for me from Hawaii about the business impact of the Reef Hawaiian Pro. Kevin Flanagan, Reef vice president of…
News May 13, 2013
Mark Miller of DC on Irvine Spectrum store
The folks at DC Shoes sent me photos from the official grand opening party of their store at the Irvine Spectrum. I took the opportunity to ask some questions about…
News May 13, 2013
