Hot Topic has reported their results for the quarter ended October 31 and their sales for the month of November. Their sales were down some for the quarter and more in November, but they continued to make money in the quarter and their balance is very strong. But I don’t want to crunch their numbers. I do […]
A couple of weeks ago, I was paging through Transworld Snowboarding’s Gear Guide, and I came upon the page on alternative camber. I read it with interest to try and keep with the latest technological trends, but paused when I saw the illustration of the cambered medley snowboard. Something about the cross section of the board, […]
Yesterday, Zumiez reported that sales for the four week period ended November 28th, 2009 decreased 1.8% compared to the same period the previous year. For the same period, they reported that comparable store sales fell 8.5% compared to a decline of 15% in the same period the previous year. In the first place, I want […]
This is good news because it makes things easier for the retailers, which I may have said a time or two is what trade shows need to be about. Crossroads needed retailers, which ASR can help supply, and Jamie Thomas doesn’t want to have to manage the logistics that will be required if Crossroads grows. ASR needs […]
Okay, so I finally hold in my hand both the transcript of the conference call and the actual quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I’ve read them and cogitated on their meaning and finally have a couple of things to say that maybe somebody besides me will find interesting. The most interesting stuff […]
Transworld is trying to get an on line discussion of this topic going, and that’s a good idea. So far, it hasn’t generated much discussion and that’s too bad. Maybe the problem is that they’ve asked the wrong question by focusing on the skate industry. If they’d just asked, “What does a company- any company in any industry- […]
I always look forward to Orange 21’s filings. It’s just about the only chance we get to see the numbers from a smaller company in this industry, because there just aren’t many of this size that are public and required to show us their results. I also like them because since their change in management, when […]
Volcom’s Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30 Back on October 29th Volcom released a press release with its third quarter results and hosted a conference call on those results. Everybody read, and listened, and analyzed, and wrote stuff. On November 9th, with no press release, they filed their 10Q for the same time period. Nobody seems […]
I’ve been chanting for the last few months, and maybe longer, that our current economic environment represents a great opportunity for new and smaller brands. At an ASR seminar in September, somebody actually, finally, asked me, “What do you mean by that exactly?” My answer was that if you were a specialty retailer, and were still […]
Janet Freeman, owner of the small but well established women’s snowboard apparel brand Betty Rides, has a problem. On October 17th, she told me, “It’s weird but Betty Rides has ALREADY been getting lots of re-orders for snowboard jackets and pants. We cut to order, and are sold out on most things.” Naturally, I was sympathetic to […]
