We kind of always wondered how Corey Duffel got that rich, luscious, punk rawk hair that looks all raggedy, and yet styled at the same time. Now we know. It’s Paul Mitchell.
[Link: Interstate Skate Blog]
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Quik reported numbers for the quarter ending October 31, 2009 today and they were down, but not as far as analysts were expecting, apparently. Analysts figured Quik would be down $6.4 million according to a story in the Orange County Business Journal. Consolidated net revenues for the quarter were down 11% and for fiscal 2009 were down 13% to $1.98 billion.
Bob McKnight’s spin on the whole thing?
“Our fourth quarter was very challenging, as retailers bought conservatively for the holiday season and traffic in our own retail stores remained sluggish through October. In that context, we were pleased that our results were somewhat better than we expected. We also accomplished a number of important business objectives in the quarter. We reinforced our product leadership, maintained and even expanded our leading market share positions and staged a number of major events further connecting our brands with the broad group of consumers that either participate in or are inspired by action sports.”
Follow the jump for the entire press release.
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Snoop Dogg was on The View on Tuesday December 15, 2009 and while he was there he hooked the ladies up with some personalized Neff cupcake beanies and advice for Tiger Woods. How’s that for hitting moms with a little product placement right before Christmas?
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Quiksilver will be holding an analysts’ call today (December 17, 2009) at 1:30 PT to discuss their Q4 fiscals results.
The broadcast will be hosted at quiksilverinc.com and at viavid.net. To listen to the broadcast, your computer must have Windows Media Player installed. . . A press release with third quarter results is expected to be issued after the close of the market on Thursday, December 17.
Don’t say you weren’t warned.
[Link: Trading Markets]
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From the looks of a post on Shayboarder.com we can add eesa Lux Layering to the list of failed first layer companies:
In 2004 Stephen Cleary set out to create a layering company that worked on the slopes and looked good off the slopes, that company was eesa lux layering. . . it’s become time that the doors are closing at eesa and for Stephen Cleary to take a better opportunity that has come his way.
If we ignore the whole “death of a dream” thing, what this means to us is amazing deals on essa’s super smooth first layer gear and socks. Dive in. Most of it is under $10 and socks are under $5. Feeding frenzy.
[Link: essa via Yobeat via Shayboarder]
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West 49, a Canadian action mall retailer we’ve constantly referred to as the “Zumiez of Canada” announced today that they have “secured a new vendor relationships with Volcom, Inc and plans to introduce branded apparel in all West 49 stores this coming Spring.”
“We are excited about our relationship with Volcom, Inc. and the potential to grow our businesses incrementally together,” said Sam Baio, Chief Executive Officer of West 49 Inc. “The addition of the premium, athlete-driven Volcom brand, is in keeping with our stores offering the ‘Best Brands on Earth’.”
The thing we find most surprising about this announcement is that Volcom hadn’t been in West 49 all this time. Then again, everyone is probably a little more motivated to do some deals now than they have been in the past. Click here for a quick breakdown of West 49’s business.
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Nixon has signed musician Little Boots to their time telling team. Anyone who collaborates with Gary Numan is a friend of ours.
Hailing from the UK, Little Boots is leading the way as one of the best-known electropop musicians. Named to the 2009 “Artist To Watch” list by Rolling Stone and Esquire’s “Brilliant Brits 2009”, Little Boots is well on her way to closing out the year in a strong way. Making noise in the fashion world as well, Little Boots has gained notoriety for a look that has been described by some as “cosmic vintage” and has said that everything she wears onstage or off is reflection of her sound.
But then, you already knew all that.
[Link: Nixon]
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No need to drive all over southern California to get bargains at a warehouse sales when you can just drive to your local warehouse action fashion retailer CostCo for some fashionable Zoo York hoodies for only $19.99. Zoo York’s new corporate parent Iconix knows all about distribution. And just in time for Christmas, too.
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We can feel the Olympic hype heating our fingers as we type. And it appears to be Gretchen Bleiler all day long. Here she gets profiled on VanityFair.com and we’re guessing this is just the tip of the hypeberg:
But the dichotomy between being a fashion designer and a gangster shredder isn’t Bleiler’s only contrariety. She also straddles the worlds of core and mainstream snowboarding. “Snowboarding, from the beginning, has always been a very core sport, and at first there were a lot of riders who resisted the growth of this sport on the mainstream level—thus the Olympics—as it seemed that it represented selling out the soul of the sport. But things have changed,” she says, pointing out that now kids are growing up going to snowboarding academies and training to be Olympians. “Even though this is still a very image-conscious sport, there are riders who are able to walk the line between core and mainstream.”
[Link: Vanity Fair via @GretchenBleiler]
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Wait a minute. . . what is going on here?
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