After months of whispers and rumors of Insight making a strategic business alliance to strengthen its position in the U.S. market, yesterday the ink dried on a deal between the Australian-born apparel brand and Carlsbad, California-based Black Box Distribution. In a meeting late yesterday afternoon, Black Box Founder Jamie Thomas, CEO Frank Messman, and Insight’s President in the U.S. Jesse Faen sat down with TransWorld Business to discuss the details of the partnership.
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July 16 2009 |
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ASR and SIMA announced a series of joint efforts geared toward retailers, the media and brands to help improve the trade show experience in a challenging retail environment. The two groups will work together to provide discounts and new services fr qualified retailers to make attending ASR easier than ever, and the media will be provided with more tools - including a trade-show kick off press conference and a web site dedicated solely to up-to-the-minute updates on what’s happening at the show.
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Today is the last chance to register for SIMA’s Sales & Marketing Boot Camp slated for July 9 in Dana Point, California. Aside from a stacked line up of seminars, SIMA will also be releasing the much anticipated results of it’s bi-annual Retail Distribution Study. Check out a few of the charts from two years ago, and make your predictions about how the size and scope of the industry have changed in the past two years.
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July 02 2009 |
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Will a legit wave pool ever be built, or is it all just a pipe dream? Weigh in on the topic right here.
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June 30 2009 |
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ZJ Boarding House will be hosting its annual Summer Kick Off Sale this Saturday, June 27 as well as celebrating the opening of Billabong and Hurley partner stores in the two additional spaces ZJ’s formerly occupied. Here’s what Co-Owner Todd Roberts had to say about the new partnerships.
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June 26 2009 |
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Last night at Hobie’s Laguna Beach store on Forrest Avenue more than a hundred friends, family, and industry executives came out in support of the Action Sports Environmental Coalition’s first Green Room—a section of the store dedicated solely to natural, environmentally friendly products
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June 19 2009 |
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According to reports from The Press Enterprise, A Florida-based limited liability company called Active Sports Lifestyles entered a winning bid of $5.2 million to purchase Active Ride Shop in an auction ordered by the US Bankruptcy Court in Riverside, California today. Zumiez, which recently showed interest in acquiring the chain of stores was not among the final bidders.
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June 17 2009 |
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If you’ve ever seen a surfboard run over by a truck before, you know what the typical result is—total destruction. Well, there’s a new composite material being released by Inegrity called “INNEGRA S” that might change that.
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June 17 2009 |
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Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (PSUN) announced today that Gary Schoenfeld will be taking over Sally Frame Kasaks duties as CEO effective June 29. Schoenfeld formerly held the position of President and CEO at Vans. Kasaks will remain on the company’s board of directors.
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June 17 2009 |
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According to reports from The West.com.au, Billabong raised $230 million from institutions and an additional $61 million from an oversubscribed 11-for-two share retail rights issue. The article says that Billabong plans to use the money to reduce debt.
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