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A Quiksilver store in Mammoth

Quiksilver hires new retail leader

Quiksilver has hired a seasoned retail executive to oversee stores and ecommerce in the Americas region. Rob Colby…

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,…

News May 13, 2013
The DC store in L.A.

DC apparel moving into department stores

DC Shoes is bucking the current macro economic trends, according to Quiksilver executives. During a conference call today…

News May 13, 2013
Agenda targeting skate

Agenda targeting skate hardgoods

I spoke with Aaron Levant, the president of the Agenda trade show, to see how business is shaping…

News May 13, 2013
RVCA Founder/CEO Pat Tenore

RVCA CEO Tenore on growth and more

RVCA is coming up in all sorts of conversations lately - from PacSun CEO Sally Frame Kasaks talking…

News May 13, 2013

Joe's Sports & Outdoors, an important snow and skate retailer, declares bankruptcy

Joe's Sports & Outdoors, a sporting goods store with 31 outlets in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, has declared…

News May 13, 2013
Don Brown is the new chairman of IASC

New IASC board members and officers elected

From International Association of Skateboard Companies Executive Director John Bernards. The Board of Directors have elected the following…

News May 13, 2013
DC's Nick Adcock and Mark Miller

DC Shoes President Nick Adcock on leaving DC, and what is next

DC Shoes President Nick Adcock is leaving the company at the end of June. The internal announcement was…

News May 13, 2013
Zumiez July comps decline by

Zumiez July comps decline by double-digits

Zumiez today reported that July sales dropped by 5.6% compared to July 2008, and that same-store sales fell…

News May 13, 2013
Kristy Van Doren (Steveäó»s daughter) and friend were helping to check people in.

Photos from Skateboarding Hall of Fame induction

Text and photos by ADAM SULLIVAN On Saturday, October 24, skate history was once again made. IASC and…

News May 13, 2013
Rob Meronek

SPoT's Rob Meronek on Tampa Pro and the contest business

Rob Meronek is the Chief Financial Officer at Skatepark of Tampa and co-founder of SPoTlight Productions, the full-service…

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