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VF on Vans

VF on Vans, Reef results and its acquisition strategy

VF held a 2008 fourth quarter and full year earnings conference call this afternoon and some interesting details…

News May 13, 2013
What Moody's thinks about

What Moody's thinks about Quiksilver, and why

Moody's Investor Services includes Quiksilver among nearly 300 U.S. companies in its first quarterly "bottom rung" report. We…

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PM Tenore of RVCA at the White House earlier this month

PM Tenore of RVCA meets with Obama at the White House

The Obama administration invited RVCA founder and CEO PM "Pat" Tenore and several other small business owners to…

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Marty Samuels

Marty Samuels consulting with La Jolla along with other industry execs

Former Quiksilver Americas President Marty Samuels is now consulting with the La Jolla Group, maker of O'Neill, Lost,…

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Volcom CEO Richard Woolcott with Volcom co-founder Tucker Hall at the company's shareholder meeting Tuesday

Interesting notes from Volcom's shareholder meeting

I went to the Volcom shareholder meeting Tuesday to hear the company's presentation and to see how Volcom…

News May 13, 2013
New Reef president from North

New Reef president from North Face; background in apparel

Press Release: Jim Gerson Joins VF Action Sports as President of Reef - Americas Carlsbad, CA - May…

News May 13, 2013
Restructuring at Reef leads to

Restructuring at Reef leads to layoffs

I heard there were some internal changes happening at Reef yesterday, so I checked in with new Reef…

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The 2009 Surfing Walk of Fame inductees

Photos from the 2009 Surfing Walk of Fame ceremony

It was a busy week of events with the Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing, the Walk and Hall…

News May 13, 2013
Billabong Americas President Paul Naude at Surf Expo

Paul Naude on Billabong's financial results for 2008/09, plus details from Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia

Billabong reported its financial results for the year ended June 30 late last week and I spoke with…

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