by The Editors on July 15, 2012
These Pivothead shades have a built in 1080p video and 8MP still camera right in the frame so you can record absolutely everything. Gone are the days of having camera mounted to your head like a satellite antenna.
The glasses reportedly feature: Four Focus Options: Auto, Fixed, Continuous, Macro, 8GB on-board Memory, 2GB SDRAM, Still Image Capture During Video, Burst Still Image Capture, Exposure & ISO Settings, and Time Lapse Settings. We haven’t tried these out yet, but they don’t look any worse than a pair of Oakley Oil Rigs. Pivothead’s are available online for $349.00.
[Link: Pivothead]
by The Editors on July 15, 2012
Hackers have allegedly posted close to 35,000 “unencrypted text passwords” from the Billabong.com store, according to a story in The Australian.
Online publication SC Magazine has reported that hacktivists released the credentials under #WikiBoatWednesday, an event popular in hacktivist Twitter circles. . . Billabong has told the magazine that its customer database did not contain financial data, only personal information, but is yet to confirm or deny whether its user information has been hacked.
Billabong said the following: “We view this attack as an extremely serious matter and have taken urgent action to contain the incident and prevent further attacks occurring.” That’s just one reason why you shouldn’t use your email password when you’re buying bikinis.
[Link: SC Magazine via The Australian]
by The Editors on July 13, 2012
by The Editors on July 6, 2012
Artist and filmmaker Alex Kopps gets down with some ninja shiz with his new collaboration with Vans. The Surfjitsu (out this fall) comes in light tonal prints “that become more visible as the shoes get dirty and worn in.”
Kopps, whose work ranges from mixed media installations, to film, to Polaroid photography, frequently collaborates with Vans surf team riders Alex Knost and Dane Reynolds on art and video projects. Kopps also generates a lot of buzz for his long-awaited surf flick Displacement which combines 1970s Super-8 footage with abstract effects to bring the story of an obscure surf culture to life.
These slippers look super slippy for sure.
by The Editors on July 2, 2012
Looks like a bad Monday (July 2, 2012) morning for the troops at Quiksilver Inc. as more than 40 employees are reportedly in the process of getting cut from the payroll.
In an email sent to employees this morning “on behalf of Rob Colby and Craig Stevenson” (Quiksilver Americas President and CEO respectively) the following was outlined:
We have identified a number of initiatives that will help us to achieve our goals, many of them associated with globalizing our business such as increasing the number of global products we sell, centralizing certain functions, and leveraging our marketing efforts across more of the globe. . . . As a result of our ongoing review, we are taking some actions today that result in the elimination of certain positions within the Americas region, specifically impacting 44 current employees. The employees whose jobs are being eliminated will be individually notified today and provided with a fair package of financial and transition support. Our Human Resources team along with department leaders will be personally involved in every notification conversation.
Some of the casualties are reportedly an SVP of Sales and a CFO. More info will be released to employees during a town meeting.
by The Editors on July 2, 2012
In an interesting outcome of the DVS bankruptcy sale, Westlife Distribution, the parent company of 686 has purchased Matix Clothing from the new DVS owners Sequential Brands Group for an undisclosed amount.
Skateboarding is where I came from and I couldn’t be more stoked. We’ve been longtime fans of Matix and have solid relationships with the Dunlap brothers as well as current and former Podium employees,” said Michael Akira West, President/CEO of Westlife Distribution.
Congrats to Westlife. Matix always has been a brand with great potential and it’s good to see it land in good hands. For the official word follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on June 28, 2012
Former Volcom Berkeley store manager Damian Kordick cut right to the bone when asked by the Daily Californian why the store on Telegraph Avenue was closing on Wednesday, June 27, 2012.
Store manager Damian Kordick said the store closed due to a lack of sales. . . “Rent for all the businesses on Telegraph is extremely high,” Kordick said. . . Not long ago, Kordick’s finance team decided it would be best not to resign the store’s lease, both for Volcom and for Berkeley customers.
He also pointed out that clothing stores were “kind of saturated in the Berkeley area, what with Urban Outfitters, American Apparel, different department stores in the city.” Well, at least Volcom still has Pac Sun, right?
[Link: Daily Californian]
by The Editors on June 28, 2012
Wow. Things just seem to be getting worse and worse from Pacific Sunwear. The action mall retailer reported a net loss of $106.4 million dollars in the year ended January 28, 2012, according to a story in the Orange County Business Journal.
Chief Executive Gary Schoenfeld told shareholders in the company’s 2011 annual report, released Wednesday [June 27, 2012], that improving “clarity with consumers about what PacSun stands for as a brand and why they should love to shop with us” is among its top priorities.
Yes, getting people into the stores to buy things would seem like a pretty good plan, especially as the ongoing “turn around” has only resulted in in increasing losses (Pac Sun lost only $96.6 million last year). Retail is hell.
[Link: OC Business Journal]
by The Editors on June 28, 2012
by The Editors on June 28, 2012
Nothing says tourist like a good, blinding, farmer tan and an aloha shirt. This summer collab from A Bathing Ape and Undefeated just might be the most epic Hawaiian print ever. Check the entire line at Undefeated. The summer collection goes on sale June 30, 2012.
[Link: Undefeated]
