About: josh hunter

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I grew up surfing the sandbars of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina before taking in a short stint down in Barbados. Then, after freelance writing and managing a surf shop for several years, I took a job here at Transworld Business and moved out to California.

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Quiksilver Launches E-Commerce Web Site

When Transworld Business broke the story that Roxy was launching a direct-to-consumer e-commerce site back in December ’07 with an exclusive interview with Quiksilver Americas President Marty Samuels, the issue of manufacturers selling product direct to the consumer online became a hot topic on our site’s message boards. TWBIZ asked Samuels when Quiksilver’s site would go live, and he said it wouldn’t happen until the marketing, product, retail, and affiliate components were totally dialed in.

Well, the wait is over. Quiksilver launched the new site at 5 A.M. on May 22.

josh hunter
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 | 1,960 views | 50 Comments »
SIMA Surf Summit 11

May 14–17, 2008 marked the 11th Annual SIMA Surf Summit in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. This year’s event was full of thought-provoking lectures, interesting presentations, and of course, the SIMA Image Awards Party. The Summit acts as an annual meeting of the surf industry tribe, and brings people together for a few days of educational seminars and network opportunities.

Here’s a photo gallery with nearly 50 photos from this year’s event.

josh hunter
Monday, May 19th, 2008 | 3,109 views | 1 Comment »
2008 SIMA Image Awards

And The 2008 SIMA Image Award Goes To ….

josh hunter
Sunday, May 18th, 2008 | 2,448 views | 11 Comments »
Third Annual Cabo Slosh-A-Bout

The Third Annual Slosh-A-Bout was held this week in a remote location on the East Cape of Baja Mexico. While the underground event has no official sponsors—you’ll understand why when you see these photos—a diverse crew of the surf industry’s finest show up every year for a chance at the title. This year the stakes [...]

josh hunter
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 | 4,284 views | 25 Comments »
Boardworks International Acquired By C4 Waterman Principal

On May 8, Hawaii/ Sun Valley-based entrepreneur and principal owner of C4 Waterman, Mike Fox acquired Boardworks International for an undisclosed sum. Boardworks is an Oceanside, California based manufacturing and distribution company that currently produces sandwich construction board models from 15 prominent shapers including Ben Aipa, Bill Stewart, Mike Hynson, as well as SUP boards from C4 Waterman, which are designed by Dave Parmenter and Brian Keaulana.

josh hunter
Friday, May 9th, 2008 | 988 views | 6 Comments »
Zumiez Inc. April Same-store Sales Up 4.1%

Zumiez Inc. bounced back from a negative comp in March to post a 4.1% increase in same-store sales for April 2008. Net sales increased 20%, to 24.2 million-dollars. So far for the year the company’s comps are pretty much flat, which might not sound good, but it is. If they can end up flat for the first half of the year, it’ll be better than the company’s guidance of a negative low single-digit comp for the period.

josh hunter
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 | 216 views |
PacSun Reports 4% April Same-store Sales

PacSun’s April comp was up 4-percent, versus a 5.6-percent consensus. That means it’s quarterly comp was down one-percent. So PacSun is lowering its guidance from a $0.06-$0.08 loss to a $0.10-$0.11 loss.
Here’s the breakdown by category: Girls up mid-30s, Guys up low-double-digits, Footwear down mid-50s, and Accessories down low teens.
Here’s the release:
Pacific Sunwear Announces [...]

josh hunter
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 | 232 views |
ESPN Sues Quiksilver Over X-Games Logo

Here’s an interesting little nugget of news. Apparently there’s a trademark dispute going on over the letter “X”. You’ve got to be stoked if you’re a lawyer in this country! True to our nation’s litigious nature, ESPN Inc. has sued Quiksilver Inc. on claims that it violated the cable channel’s X-Games franchise.
[Read statements from both sides right here, only at twsbiz.com]

josh hunter
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 | 3,291 views | 24 Comments »
Active Opens 25th Location In Irvine Spectrum

Active Rideshop opened the doors to its 25th store on Saturday, April 26 in The Irvine Spectrum. The store features the same assortment as other Active locations, and includes both apparel and hardgoods. The store’s location is in a highly competitive retail area, so Transworld Business decided to see how things are going so [...]

josh hunter
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 | 861 views | 2 Comments »
Transworld Business Exclusive Interview With Damon Way

In Early April, DC announced that the brand’s Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Damon Way, would be transitioning into a role as a consultant. The very next day a press release came out saying that Way was taking on the position as Chief Brand Officer for an Apple accessories company called Incase. Transworld Business [...]

josh hunter
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 | 1,738 views | 3 Comments »
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