Boardriding Related Business Round Up
Posted by Robin | Filed under Business
1. Billabong International Limited has today reached agreement to acquire Australia’s Tigerlily swimwear and apparel business from founder Jodhi Meares. Billabong International Limited chief executive officer Derek O’Neill said Tigerlily represents the Billabong Group’s first acquisition focusing exclusively on the girls market.
2. In seven days 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore is going to address the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia. Surfersvillage and Earthwave have signed his petition showing their support for the important call for a visionary treaty to address the climate crisis. We hope you will too.
3. Volcom Entertainment is proud to announce the birth of the Volcom Ent. Vinyl Club (VEVC), a yearly – 6 release – subscription based split 7inch vinyl series, with the following artists scheduled to contribute songs in 2008; Birds of Avalon, Dark Meat, Earthless, Monotonix, Red Fang, RTX, Totimoshi, Turbonegro, Tweak Bird, Valient Thorr, Witch, and Year Long Disaster.
4. Zumiez Inc. recorded a 5.6% increase in same store sales for fiscal November. The comps improvement comes on top of a 12.1% jump in the year-ago month. Total net sales for the four-week period increased 28.5% to $33.3 million, compared to $25.9 million for the same period last year.
5. Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. sales for the four weeks of fiscal November were $120.9 million, an increase of 3.6% over total sales of $116.6 million during the same period in 2006.
