On December 28th, Zumiez filed an 8-K with the SEC. I don’t think they were required to file it because the amount of money involved ($1.3 million in the 4th quarter) wasn’t really “significant” as defined by the SEC for a company the size of Zumiez. But they filed it anyway. How come? I’m sure […]
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You’re probably going to read this if only to find out what that title means. We’re all going to find out together as the online shopping experience continues to evolve. The North Face has worked with a company called Fluid to develop an online shopping assistant powered by IBM’s Watson Cognitive Computing Technology (I say
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On January 13th, GoPro filed an 8-K with the SEC. In the press release it included, they announced expected fourth quarter revenue of $435 million and $1.6 billion for the year and a projected gross margin of 34.5% to 35.5%. The annual number represents 16% year over year revenue growth. By way of comparison, in
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A couple of days ago, Skullcandy decided that the prospects for its fourth quarter had changed enough that they needed to disclose it. They filed an 8K with the SEC to accomplish that. You might want to read the press release that’s part of it. Skull said it expects fourth quarter sales to be the
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I came across this short article recently talking about the ongoing improvement in store brands and their importance to retailers. Now, it’s not our industry but I thought everything they said applies to us. I guess the standard explanation for store brands is that they give the retailer some more margin. True, and that margin
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