Nobody who’s followed PacSun or my analysis of it was very surprised by yesterday morning’s filing of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. We’ve had a number of retail bankruptcies and I expect more. Somebody suggested to me that the filing might occur around this time because their 10-K with audited financials would be due to be […]
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Like most industry retailers, Zumiez has been impacted by a slow growth economy, reduced and redirected spending on the part of its primary customer group, and the internet’s ability to make consumers powerful, product differentiation harder, and the brand cycle shorter. There’s no news there and nothing unique as far as its impact on Zumiez
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Just for fun, let’s say you’re a brand that has some product at The Sports Authority (TSA) on consignment. When TSA filed for bankruptcy, your finance and credit people probably high fived each other out of the sheer joy of knowing that they could expect to be paid for that product when it was sold
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This is going to be a short article. On February 23rd, Globe reported solid improvement for the half year ended December 31, 2015. But I don’t have much to tell you in terms of what they did better or how because it wasn’t in the public information. Let’s go with what we’ve got. The numbers
TSA’s filing for bankruptcy on March 2nd wasn’t a surprise. It had missed a $20 million bond interest payment in mid-January. It reached an agreement with the bond holder to file and try to sell assets to pay down debt. We’ll see how that works out and if they can avoid liquidation. A couple of
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On several occasions, I’ve discussed 3D printing or directed you to some discussion of it. I’m here to do it again. I’ve gotten some feedback that it wasn’t practical or wasn’t going to happen quickly, but as far as I can tell it’s moving forward. Mattel has announced a $300 3D printer that will allow
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Billabong presented its results on February 26th, which is a day before I took off for a week in Scottsdale to golf and have a drink or two with old friends. As usual, a lot seems to have happened while I was gone, and I’m working to catch up. I agree with Billabong CEO Neil
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Actually, that’s the title of the article I just finished that I want to pass along to you. It’s about how retailers, and ultimately brands, deal with returns and how much they costs. That returns are a pain in the ass and cost a lot of money is something we all already know. But some
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I just saw what I guess passes for a hover board in action. But it had a single wheel, rather than the two I’ve seen before. It seemed like more of a kind of skateboard, but let’s not call it that. Let’s call it a rideable, which is the term the company uses in this
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Deckers published its 10-Q for the quarter and nine months ending December 31 a couple of days ago. In the environment we’re in, where general expectations seem low, being a company with a solid balance sheet (though inventory was up 26% over a year ago) that’s nicely profitable and more or less holding its level
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