Tag: actionsports

Billabong’s Partial Sell of Nixon Generates $285 Million Towards Debt Payment—Plus, The Changing Tide of Action Sports

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Hours after posting the initial story about the potential Billabong takeover, last night came more news as Billabong and Nixon announced the partial sale, or 48.5% of Nixon, to Trilantic Capital Partners (not to be confused with Texas Pacific Group which put in a bid earlier in the morning for Billabong for $766 million). The […]

Snowboarding: Size of Market, Perceptions, and What It Will Take to Get the Next Generation Stoked to Ride

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Fresh data from our Fall Youth Culture Study 2010, combined with forecasts from previous Label Networks’ data provides insight into how this industry is taking shape and where market potential lies.