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.
Bill Stewart describes the Epoxy Hydro Hull by Boardworks.
Core stores on the ActionWatch Retail Panel saw lower comp sales declines in May than they experienced in the first quarter. While we cannot confirm with certainty that the core retail channel has found a bottom, May’s numbers provide increasing evidence that this may be the case.
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Brand Profile: Krochet Kids Intl.
Three friends from Spokane, Washington are using the cachet of crochet to help bring about the change they want to see in the world, starting in war-torn Uganda.
Will a legit wave pool ever be built, or is it all just a pipe dream? Weigh in on the topic right here.
F.O.D.'s owner Taylor Leege talks about what's been selling lately at his Duluth-based shop.
Völkl VP of Marketing Geoff Curtis outlines his company's new plan for waging the war on gray marketing.
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BEHIND THE LINES: Real Skateboards
Jim Thiebaud took a few minutes out of his busy day at the controls of Real and Deluxe Distribution to give us a rundown on what's new at Real, including some top secret technology teasers, the pros and cons of dealing with domestic distributors, and how his companies are helping core shops.
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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Retail Profiles: Blacklist Colorado
More exciting than meat processing and cow patties, Blacklist Boardshop is changing the community of Greeley, Colorado.
Sessions has sold its brand and trademark to Sessions, LLC, whose ownership includes Samsung. We caught up with Founder Joel Gomez to get the details.
Cable wakeboarding parks offer snow resorts a new potential summer revenue source.






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