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Jack’s fights to open in Laguna Beach

Mark your calendars for Sept. 18. That's when Jack's Surfboards will take its fight to open in downtown…

News May 13, 2013
ZJ Boarding House owners Mikke Pierson

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…

News May 13, 2013
A Beach Bums private label T-shirt.

More on Beach Bums' private label

Cliff Haddadin, the president and CEO of Beach Bums Boardshops, brought up the issue of private label goods…

News May 13, 2013
Photo courtesy of Urban Outfitters website

Urban Outfitters has Bucklesque Q2

One of my readers suggested I should be covering Urban Outfitters, given how many action sports brands sell…

News May 13, 2013
Dick Baker

Dick Baker on Shaun White/Target deal

I called Dick Baker yesterday to get more insight into snowboarder Shaun White's alliance with Target. Target announced…

News May 13, 2013
The Volcom booth at ASR in January.

The hottest brands for holiday

Here are some details from Mitch Kummetz' survey of board sport retailers about holiday sales and trends that…

News May 13, 2013

More foreign retail competition on the way

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting story today about international retailers taking advantage of the weak dollar…

News May 13, 2013
Luis Santori

How business is going in Puerto Rico

I wanted to check out some stores while I was in Puerto Rico at the Board Retailers Association…

News May 13, 2013
PacSun CEO Sally Frame Kasaks

PSUN CEO says boardshorts selling in June

I listened to the webcast yesterday from the Piper Jaffray Consumer Conference in New York after posting the…

News May 13, 2013
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