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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,…

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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.…

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Pod Banuelos

Rusty: Starting from scratch

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

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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…

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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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The story behind the Lost ads

The story behind the Lost ads

I don't usually write about marketing campaigns, but the recent Lost advertisements - especially the one with McCain…

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Quik's revenues up

Quik's revenues up, but reports losses for Q4 and 2008

Quiksilver this afternoon reported a 3 percent increase in revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter, and an 11…

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Angelo Ponzi of Board-Trac

Retailers reveal top categories for business growth

Board-Trac and the Board Retailers Association just compiled results from a third quarter survey of retailers around the…

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