Nomadic

dont bother trying to get an account. depending on where youre at, the rep is gonna be a cocksucker. gone are the days of limited shit that your shop can make crazy margins on. youre basically forced to carry 3/4s of the line at your store and you can order dunks up to the number of other shoes you order.

so lets say you get 24 pairs of zoom tres, you can get 24 pairs of dunks.

problem with that is, everyone has those same dunks. they wont sell and neither will the tres you ordered and the shit will rot on your shelves and cause you to lose a lot of money.

no one, especially a new account is getting anything sick. the whole sb division is falling off in a very hard way.

my advice, shine it.

thats along the lines of what I had heard about having to carry alot of their line. it just makes more sense to me to pick up 3-4 other lines instead of carrying just 1 more line if thats the case. I'd like to pick up maybe 4-5 styles of nikes but it doesnt sound like that is how they work...

I knew they were pretty selective about the shops they let carry their product. I dont think they go around looking for shops to actually carry their shoes though. I am pretty sure they want you to call them up then they send a rep out or have you send pictures of your shop to them..

I have a quick question being that is the holiday weekend and I cant call Nike. I am working on next years budget for our skateshop and we have been thinking of picking up Nike SB. I have heard that they are rather odd in comparison to other shoe companies as they make you carry like 10 styles of their shoes starting off as compared to most companies where you can pick up only 2 styles if you wish. I also heard they have some other strange policies. Can anyone elaborate on any of this for a skateboard shop and the Nike SB account.... Thanks

I am trying to figure out what font that is in the word "Entourage"

Thanks in advance!!

5'5" and I am not even asian.. =/

I honestly didnt even realize it had a reserve.. whoops.. my fault

I came across this.. Thought someone might be interested...

http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-LEVIS-501-A-PACKAGE-OF-9-DIFFERENT-SIZES_W0QQitemZ7775945131QQihZ018QQcategoryZ11483QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

OK OK

I'm bidding on a pair of 27x28 501 STFs

I fit nicely in a slim/straight pair of paperdenim&cloths size 28...

but I know that 501s run a tad baggy, so I'm going a bit small and I'm going to get in the tub with them for a while.

What do you think? Is this a disaster? Should I bid on the 28's instead?

( I tried on 29s in the store...I went up an inch like the sizing said...but it felt like I had on at least a 34-36...and the girl said they don't shrink too drastically)

Remember - tight fit.

where can you find levis stf's in that size? the 27x28??

most if not all stores are sold out of the b+w striped hoods by now.

What was the retail price on those anyway?

what color striped hoodie?

i only saw green/white hoodie at both my h&m's

pm me.

I want black/white size small...

whoops.. my apologies.. i actually thought i posted in there..

:: Damon ::

I live no were remotely close to where I can purchase my own =(

:: Damon ::

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Can I ask why you would actually want a BBC account? Bape's ok but both are incredibly overpriced and bring what I consider the wrong clientele to the table.

--- Original message by whizz on Jun 15, 2006 09:58 AM

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They're arseholes to deal with as well.

--- Original message by whizz on Jun 14, 2006 02:06 PM

:: Damon ::

I am just curious how hard it is to get set up with BAPE and/or BBC in order to carry their merchandise?

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yeah but isn't counter culture mostly vintage? I know in Arlington this skate shop called Innovation had it locked down tight, I got my first deck there 17 years ago, but who the fuck would want to live in Arlington besides desperate housewives? Dallas and Houston might be tappable, they are just so damn spread out. Do you have an ad budget?

--- Original message by Proletariat on Jun 7, 2006 05:15 PM

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800K? no no honey. 800 people in my town lol. including the cows: 3000. add horses, chicken, goats, etc: 4500.

Greenville is not close to Dallas, it is out east and north of dallas, about 1 hour away, It pretty much is referred to as north dallas. it is west of Casa Linda area.

there are two UO's in dallas, one in Northpark Mall, which is west of where I am talking about, and anther on Mocking bird (not sure of shopping center-had to look this one up) but that is south of where I am directing you.

And there are TONS of small towns arund me with similar population sizes, but if you mapquest Melissa, McKinney, or Anna, or Sherman Texas, you will get an idea of the alternative areas I wanted you to look in. They are all straight north on 75.

The Park/shop is called Eisenberg's. I remember the good ole days of Friday night punk bands and moshing. There is a skate park in Allen brand new, and is a city project. It does not have a shop, so a shop near it might also be a good idea.

--- Original message by keri on May 19, 2006 07:53 PM

I was thinking about the Mockingbird area, what is that area like as far as demographics and are there any independent skate shops around there? I am looking for something with a target market of 1M people..

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If you were to plunk down a skate shop say in North Dallas, nright above the uptown area, you might have a good market, uptown has higher property values (so more expensive to open up) and that's why I say go a few blocks north of it. Uptown and some of the surrounding communities are partially gay neigborhoods and family neighborhoods, in a good financial place, so your main customer base would end up being kiddies with a credit card (nothing wrong with them). I dont know if that is your scene, but in the Dallas area, it is likely all you will find. Plus, in that area are also the couture shops in Dallas.

I am not 100% familiar with skate shops in Dallas, however, there is an extremely successful skate shop/park in Plano, so I would go too far north of Dallas, best to stick right around downtown.

Another good area might be the polar opposite, south, closer to the duncanville area, but ou will have more of a "ghetto" vibe in that area, because S.Dallas and NE Dallas, and NW Dallas are heavily gang populated.

Downtown prob. wouldn't be good, because it is just sooooo business.

As always, this is just my opinion on the layout of Dallas, all info comes from living there for most of my life.

Thank goodness I'm out in BFE now, which oddly enough, might be a decent market if your price point is right (we are talking no major frills cowboy lifestyle parents out here, but they dote on the kids). Our humble town has a population of about 800, there are about 350 kids in MS and HS here, and I'd say about 1/4 of them skate, all over the place. The other small towns in the are about the same. If you were to loate in Sherman or N. McKinney, not only would your building and other costs be lower, you are liable to get some awesome tax breaks because of all the incentives they are offering to bring businesses in an d"urbanize" the area.

I really hope this is what you were asking for, because it took me forever to type this.

--- Original message by keri on May 18, 2006 02:55 PM

The uptown area, is that around I think its called "Greenville"?? Where the Shopping center with Urban Outfitters is? What is the name of the skate shop in Plano?

What other small towns are in your area with similar 800K population sizes?

thanks again for the really informative reply!

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houston has premium goods in the rice district, dallas as PEGF which in my opinion is shiieeetttt. Adikt just opened too, no info on them. Austin is where its @. Motive807.com. check them out.

--- Original message by ZaulzComplete on May 18, 2006 01:13 PM

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Dallas has PEG as well as Counter Culture.

--- Original message by RedBouncyThing on May 17, 2006 07:14 PM

:: Damon ::

I started a thread before about trying to find an untapped market area for a Streetwear/Skateboard Boutique. I haven't found if there is anything like that in either Houston or Dallas. Do any shops of this nature exist in either of those cities? I know both cities have Fast Foward's in them, are there any independent smaller skate shops doing well and catering to a more adult market?

Thanks in advance, you guys were super helpful last time.

:: Damon ::

Shirt- XS/S

Jean- 27"-28"

Hat- 7 1/8

Shoe- 7.5

:: Damon ::

What about Houston or Dallas? I am curious what is going on there.. Any Skate Boutiques in either of those two cities?

:: Damon ::

i smiled.. didnt laugh, but smiled.

:: Damon ::

So I made my trip to fayetteville Saturday and it looks great.. I am going to call tommorow to start negotiating with the mall about the available spot that we agreed on. I will keep everyone updated as it goes down if you guys care...

:: Damon ::