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Electric Co-Presidents Bruce Beach and Kip Arnette. Photos by Shelby Stanger for Shop-eat-surf.

Electric on major brand revamp, watches, helmets

A talk with Electric leaders about major changes at the brand including a new logo, moving into watches…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013
Volcom headquarters

Volcom, Electric's 2012 revenues, performance, plans

PPR reported details about Volcom and Electric's performance in 2012, including revenues, margins, an assessment of the action…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013
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Don Niemann on upcoming Ron Jon Beach 'N Boards Fest

One of the industry's biggest accounts hosts a five-day beach event next week. Don Niemann of Ron Jon…

News May 13, 2013
Spy CEO Michael Marckx and Chairman of the Board Seth Hamot. Hamot owns about 50% of the company. Photo by Shop-eat-surf.

Spy CEO: strategy taking root as sales grow double digits

A talk with Michael Marckx about how a new strategy is changing Spy, which reported 2012 results Wednesday.…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013
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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Sanuk experiences "growing pains" in Q1

We listened to Deckers' earnings call today and have details about Sanuk's surprising Q1 results, and information about…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013
The new Roxy store in La Jolla

Roxy goes big with stores, wide-legged denim

I missed getting a Roxy product update at ASR, so I caught up this week with Laurie Etheridge,…

News May 13, 2013
Bob Hurley. Photo courtesy of Nike.

In Bob Hurley's words

Bob sent me an internal memo this morning that he sent out yesterday to the team at Hurley.…

News May 13, 2013
Pod Banuelos

Rusty: Starting from scratch

I stopped by the Rusty offices in Irvine to see how things are going three months after parent…

News May 13, 2013
The Quiksilver Womenäó»s look photographed at ASR.

Fernando: The industry’s biggest challenges

As ASR gets underway today I thought it would be good to step back and talk about the…

News May 13, 2013
Quiksilver notifies state of

Quiksilver notifies state of pending layoffs

Editors note: See updated version of this story in the related links to the left. Quiksilver Inc. of…

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