Ahhh…the holidays. Gifts, crowded malls, and shrinking profit margins. It’s the make or break time of year for hundreds of mom-and-pop retailers across the country. Here are a few ideas you can use to maximize your selling season.
On Thursday night, the biz posse rolled up to Quiksilver headquarters in Huntington Beach to check out the 2009/2010 winter collections by Roxy and Quiksilver. See the photos here.
Each year, the snowboard season is launched with a myriad of consumer shows around the country that help serve as bell weathers of the coming season's sales. If the Colorado Expo is indicative of things to come, it should be a good year for softgoods.
Recently Surfing Magazine announced the coveted "Shaper Of The Year" honor would be bestowed upon Tom Wegener, a shaper best-known for his finless, wooden board design known as the Alaia. The decision has opened up all kinds of debate concerning the progression of the modern surfboard. Transworld Business wants to know your take on the issue. Weigh in here.
Vestal's Johnny Gehris and Marty Kish discuss launching a new product line and changes in the company's business model.
Every time I look at somebody’s (pretty much anybody’s) September 30th quarterly report, I see the beginnings of the recession, and worry about what these things will look like when we see the ones for the December 31st quarter. I know everybody else is worrying about that as well. Worrying doesn’t really help. All you can do is run your business well and that seems to be what Columbia is doing.
Transworld Business caught up with Liesl to discuss her latest project, "Uniquely," as well as the women’s program and what’s next for the girls of Oakley.
Taco stands, milk chugging contests and some great product giveaways were all part of this year's Fifteenth Annual Surfside Snow Carnival and Pre-Season Sale. Read more and see photos from the event right here.





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