The October Transworld Business featured a solid display of boardshorts for Spring 2009, including the latest trends in color, material, technology and fit. In our online preview, we’ve included more styles from each brand.

The boardshorts product class was the third-highest volume apparel class in the ActionWatch Retail Panel during the latest twelve-month period tracked (following fleece tops and T-shirts). Read more here.

ActionWatch provides Transworld Business with a core retail report for apparel this month. Click here for additional information.

The Core Retail Report is a regular monthly feature in Transworld Business that’s generated from a panel of more than 150 surf/skate independent specialty shops across the U.S. Click here to see statistics on footwear, collected between June 2007 and May 2008.

The ActionWatch Retail Panel recently surpassed 150 stores actively participating in this action sports market tracking program.

See what’s going on in the skate hardgood market by clicking here.