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1 week ago | 
shop-eat-surf-outdoor.com | Tiffany Montgomery
Long time industry sales executive Mark Simpson has left his job as vice president of sales at Quiksilver to become the central and Northern California sales rep for golf apparel brand G/Fore. Simpson spent 21 years at Hurley before leaving in 2020 to join friends in starting IPD, where he remains a shareholder. He joined new Quiksilver licensee O5 Group about six months ago.
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1 week ago | 
shop-eat-surf-outdoor.com | Tiffany Montgomery
Tactics, an Oregon-based key skate and snow retailer with five stores and a robust ecommerce business, has been acquired by the company behind skate shoe brand Lakai, which is led by Marc Roca. Roca, who has a background in private equity, business turnarounds, and e-commerce, acquired Lakai in 2024. Roca acquired Tactics from Japanese company TSI Holdings, the previous owner of Lakai and the current owner of HUF. TSI bought Tactics in April 2020.
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1 week ago | 
shop-eat-surf-outdoor.com | Tiffany Montgomery
Online resale platform ThredUp has made a major move in its effort to promote the development of circular retail more broadly. The company is making its resale-as-a-service (RaaS) technology free and open source, meaning that the underlying code powering its branded resale shops is now available for any company to access and use at no cost.
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1 week ago | 
shop-eat-surf-outdoor.com | Tiffany Montgomery
Industry retailers that carry Rhythm tell SESO the same thing recently – the brand has become a hot seller and is definitely on the rise. If you think you are already an Executive Edition member and you’re getting this message, it’s possible your membership is on hold because your credit card expired. You can update your card here. If you have any trouble and need help, please click here to email our customer care specialist.
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2 weeks ago | 
shop-eat-surf-outdoor.com | Tiffany Montgomery
When it comes to revenue and marketplace might, the Vans of today remains a far cry from the Vans of just a few years ago. If you think you are already an Executive Edition member and you’re getting this message, it’s possible your membership is on hold because your credit card expired. You can update your card here. If you have any trouble and need help, please click here to email our customer care specialist.
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2 weeks ago | 
shop-eat-surf-outdoor.com | Tiffany Montgomery
The Nordstrom family, in partnership with Mexican retail conglomerate El Puerto de Liverpool, has finalized the acquisition of industry customer Nordstrom Inc. for $24.25 per share in an all-cash transaction. The deal includes a special cash dividend of $0.25 per share and a stub period quarterly dividend of $0.1462 per share. Effective Tuesday, Nordstrom’s common stock will no longer trade on the New York Stock Exchange and will be formally delisted as the company transitions to private ownership.
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2 weeks ago | 
shop-eat-surf-outdoor.com | Tiffany Montgomery
With the fallout from the former Boardriders brands selling to a licensing company, in addition to the Liberated Brands bankruptcy, lots of industry talent that managed significant portfolios have looked for new opportunities. If you think you are already an Executive Edition member and you’re getting this message, it’s possible your membership is on hold because your credit card expired. You can update your card here.
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2 weeks ago | 
shop-eat-surf-outdoor.com | Tiffany Montgomery
This story first appeared in our sister publication, Retail TouchPoints. Authentic Brands Group (Authentic), the owner of a wide range of brands including nearly every major surf brand, has purchased the intellectual property (IP) of Dockers from Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) for $311 million. The purchase price has the potential to reach $391 million through an $80 million earnout opportunity in future years based on the performance of the Dockers business under Authentic’s ownership.
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2 weeks ago | 
shop-eat-surf-outdoor.com | Tiffany Montgomery
OSLO, NORWAY (MAY 2025) /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ – For nearly 150 years, Helly Hansen, the technical outdoor brand trusted by professionals around the world, has created professional grade gear to help people stay and feel alive in the outdoors. This spring/summer ’25, the brand’s campaign features the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), a search and rescue organization that not only saves lives but also works to increase public knowledge of lifesaving first aid.
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3 weeks ago | 
shop-eat-surf-outdoor.com | Tiffany Montgomery
Two familiar faces are now the owners of Liberated Brands European business after the company lost its brand licenses and filed for bankruptcy in the U.S.Joost Grootswagers and Antoine Lanusse, the CEO and COO, respectively, of the region under Liberated, formed a company called OneTurn to buy the operations from Liberated and license Volcom and Spyder in the region from brand owner Authentic Brands Group.