Chairman and CEO Bob McKnight will resume his role as President at Quiksilver, as former president Bernard Mariette steps down “to pursue other interests.”
Transworld Business’ Sean Mortimer explains the history of Skateboard TV shows, from the failed attempts in the 80s to today’s successful series, like Rob and Big and Captain and Casey, and controversial shows like Life of Ryan.
The aisles at ASR were buzzing with all sorts of news at this year’s show. PacSun’s decision to stop selling sneakers, discussions of a possible economic recession, and what that means to the industry were common. I think the show can best be summed up by the words I heard from a marketing executive who [...]
The aisles at ASR were buzzing with all sorts of news at this year’s show. PacSun’s decision to stop selling sneakers, discussions of a possible economic recession, and what that means to the industry were common. I think the show can best be summed up by the words I heard from a marketing executive who [...]
Keystone, Colorado hosted more than 1,200 Zumiez employees and hundreds of industry icons on Tuesday, January 8. The event—as the name implies—rewards all the sales people who sell $100,000 or more over the course of the year by flying them to Colorado, taking them snowboarding, and throwing them an elaborate party. This year’s winner racked [...]
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For those of you not residing in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, or Vancouver (i.e. probably basking in the sun’s warm rays), chances are you haven’t seen Fix-Push. The short film, made by San Francisco’s Antonious Dintcho, Craig Prehn, and TransWorld Skateboarding contributing writer Andreas Trolf, was featured in this year’s Underskatement Film Festival which showed [...]
A day that many thought would never come will be here Mar. 19, 2008. Wonder if Burton’s poaching program had anything to do with this?
Nothing says “Happy Holidays” like 4 pounds of edible shoe. Thanks to everyone at Nike 6.0 for spreading some cheer and possibly a few new cases of diabetes. Looks like we have an early leader in the unofficial “Best Holiday Greeting” contest.
And for the record, this did come with an extra set of laces.
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