{"id":52137,"date":"2017-11-25T20:20:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T03:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=52137"},"modified":"2017-11-25T20:20:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T03:20:52","slug":"merge4-opens-flagship-store-in-santa-barbara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=52137","title":{"rendered":"Merge4 Opens Flagship Store In Santa Barbara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52138\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MERGE4-Interior-for-press-release-11-20-2017.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MERGE4-Interior-for-press-release-11-20-2017.png 450w, http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MERGE4-Interior-for-press-release-11-20-2017-200x112.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Merge4, <\/strong>makers of&nbsp;quality-driven, comfortable, durable, modern socks,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>has opened their flagship retail store on State Street in the heart of Santa Barbara, California.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Across from the <strong>Metro Theater<\/strong> and surrounded by <strong>Volcom<\/strong>, <strong>Vans<\/strong>, <strong>Urban Outfitters<\/strong> and <strong>Billabong<\/strong>: 623.5 State Street is where the entire MERGE4 collection is on display for inspection and selection: 2,000 square feet of graphic socks &#8211; the perfect gift for Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza or Festivus: \u201cVisually artistic socks, featuring some of the best their industry has to offer,\u201d said MERGE4 founder <strong>Cindi Ferreira-Busenhart<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For the official word from Merge4, please follow the jump.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>MERGE4 SOCKS FLAGSHIP STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS ON&nbsp;STATE STREET IN SANTA BARBARA<\/p>\n<p>SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA Holiday shopping just got cooler and warmer, now that MERGE4 is showing their entire collection of environmentally-correct, graphically-energized socks at their flagship store on State Street in Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n<p>MERGE4 is your entry point into the world of contemporary socks: Quality-driven, comfortable, durable, modern socks that are both warm, cool and functional. MERGE4 socks are made from environmentally-responsible materials &#8211; like the new mechanical bamboo blend \u2013 and illustrated with art, graphics and action from a stable of athletes, artists, musicians and other collaborators spanning genres and generations: Wee Man, Steve Caballero, Landon McNamara, Jay Moriarity, Jimbo Phillips, Bad Otis Link, Eric Dressen, Nathan Fletcher, Timmy Reyes, Ed Colver, Greg Minnaar, Spidey Demontrond, Cedric Gracia, Shawn \u201cBarney\u201d Barron &nbsp;&#8211; and featuring Skylar the Surfing Dog.<\/p>\n<p>Across from the Metro Theater and surrounded by Volcom, Vans, Urban Outfitters and Billabong: 623.5 State Street is where the entire MERGE4 collection is on display for inspection and selection: 2,000 square feet of graphic socks &#8211; the perfect gift for Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza or Festivus: \u201cVisually artistic socks, featuring some of the best their industry has to offer,\u201d said MERGE4 founder Cindi Ferreira-Busenhart. \u201cMERGE4 is a product of love and appreciation for art and athleticism with a desire to offer new avenues for artists both inside and outside of action sports. The MERGE4 Store has an art gallery feel because each sock is like a work of art both in graphics and in construction. We are excited about showcasing socks by artists and athletes while we look for new and innovative ways to construct a sock. We cordially invite you to see MERGE4\u2019s sock gallery presentation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can expect MERGE4 festivities for First Thursday &#8211; a traditional evening of art and culture in downtown Santa Barbara on the first Thursday of each month.<\/p>\n<p>MERGE4 will jump in with both feet and you can look forward to meeting MERGE4 society members and ambassadors at the store for First Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>MERGE4 is a certified B Corporation &#8211; focusing on doing business for good.<\/p>\n<p>The MERGE4 collection will knock your other socks off, and they are now on exhibit at the Santa Barbara store.<\/p>\n<p>About MERGE4: MERGE4 is a sock company based out of Santa Cruz, California. A Certified B Corporation that uses business as a force for doing good. Beyond magnificence in appearance, style and comfort, MERGE4 socks are constructed like no other. Your soles are GRIPPED by our deviously interesting \u2018CULT-WEAVE.\u2019 Which cushions what is sometimes called the \u2018arch\u2019 area.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you heard correctly: \u201cMERGE4 GRIPS YOUR SOLE.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merge4, makers of&nbsp;quality-driven, comfortable, durable, modern socks,&nbsp;has opened their flagship retail store on State Street in the heart of Santa Barbara, California. Across from the Metro Theater and surrounded by Volcom, Vans, Urban Outfitters and Billabong: 623.5 State Street is where the entire MERGE4 collection is on display for inspection and selection: 2,000 square feet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52137"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52139,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52137\/revisions\/52139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}