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The Leaderboard showed the boardshorts with the most popular designs that day.

The marketing scene at the U.S. Open

I spent Friday in Huntington Beach checking out the marketing scene on Main Street and at the Nike…

News May 13, 2013
RVCA is launching a new swim line. Photo courtesy of RVCA.

RVCA's new swim and athletic lines, more news

RVCA Marketing Director Jim Shubin on RVCA's new swim and athletic lines and an update on RVCA Boy's,…

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Vans to sell Pro-tec

Vans is selling its hardgoods helmet brand Pro-tec, which is outside Vans softgoods and footwear sweet spot.

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Shop-eat-surf file photo

Reed Exhibitions invests in Agenda

Agenda will announce this morning that a large, global trade show company has invested in Agenda, and one…

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Tom Faukner

IVI hires a top Oakley sales exec

We learned about another high-level executive joining the Fox family at Surf Expo.

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GoldCoast Skateboards partners with S&J Sales in Canada

Press release:   February 26, 2013 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – GoldCoast Skateboards, a company driven by California…

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Billabong Americas President Paul Naude

Updated: Naude close to landing Billabong

Paul Naude and Sycamore Partners are nearing the finish line in the Billabong acquisition race. The deal would…

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Fabrice Le Det

Gravis: Launching skate program in spring

Fabrice Le Det, the general manager of Gravis, told me Gravis will launch a skate program and new…

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Sole Tech COO Paul Migaki and VP of Marketing Don Brown at ASR in January

Sole Technology pulls out of September ASR

UPDATED 6/5 WITH STATEMENT FROM DC AND ASR PRESS RELEASE UPDATED 2:45 p.m. 6/2 WITH COMMENTS FROM PODIUM…

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Wovens up

Wovens up, watches down in December at core stores

We all knew holiday was bad at retail. Now we know just how bad it was at core…

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January tough for core stores

January tough for core stores

Sales at core stores fell 17 percent in January, according to data from ActionWatch.  The ActionWatch retail panel…

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