Here are some photos from the 2008 B.R.A. Retail Summit in Puerto Rico, Apr. 30 - May. 4.

I never watch Fox News because it usually sucks—and because I gave up TV three years ago—but I did tune in to Good Day L.A. this morning after hearing that L*Space Founder Monica Wise was being featured on the show. You may remember reading about L*Space here on twsbiz.com not too long ago.

Back in 2004 Wasserman Media Group acquired 411 Video Skate Magazine. In 2006 it acquired Sportnet, and in April 2008 the company announced it had partnered with VAS Entertainment. In yet more acquisition news from Wasserman, the company has purchased Wetsand.com from founder Chuck Menzel for an undisclosed sum. Menzel retains ownership of the brand’s [...]

Transworld Business was on site in San Juan, Puerto Rico for BRA’s fifth iteration of its Retail Summit, and a ton of important industry topics were discussed. The conference was held in San Juan’s Caribe Hilton, and offered attendees a nice mix of business and pleasure. Here’s a quick synopsis from some of the seminars. [...]

On Wednesday, April 16, 2008 SIMA held a seminar for surfboard builders at the Surfing Heritage Museum in San Clemente, California as part of its Boot Camp Series. The half-day agenda was broken up into three informative presentations, offering attendees intensive crash courses in EPA Compliance, Accounting, and Marketing.

On April 16, Transworld Business posted an exclusive interview with Bob McKnight concerning the court case between Quiksilver Inc. and Kymsta Corp. At that time we had not been able to obtain a statement from Kymsta Corp. Owner Roxanne Heptner. Since then, Heptner called to tell her side of the story. Here’s what she has to say.

As promised, Transworld Business caught up with Bob McKnight to hear a little bit more about the court case between Quiksilver Inc. and Kymsta Corp. Here’s some of what we talked about.

On April 15, 2008, after a lengthy series of trademark lawsuits stretching back to 2002 between Quiksilver, Inc. and Kymsta Corp—a small Los Angeles based women’s clothing manufacturer—United States District Court Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank entered final judgment in Quiksilver’s favor, against Kymsta.

Here’s something interesting in the retail world. When most retailers are reporting a single digit decrease in same-store sales for March 2008, American Apparel posted a 28.7% increase in comparable store sales. The company’s first quarter comp store sales increased 37.5%. So what does that mean? Is “disposable fashion” really making that big of a [...]

Well, PacSun also saw weaker-than-expected March comparable store sales. PSUN reported same-store sales down 8% for March. According to the company’s press release, unfavorable weather, an early Easter Holiday, and disappointing guys apparel sales adversely affected business.
Of the five week period, comps were up as much as low 30s in week three and down as [...]