Word: cores
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...brand trying too hard to be core, such as Mountain Dew or Nike, is by definition not core. "You can't buy your way in," says Don Brown, 32, vice president of Soul Technology, a growing skateboard-shoe company with $40 million in annual sales. "Look at Nike. They're the best marketing machine in America, and they couldn't buy their way into skateboarding." Ironic that in the pre-nose-ring generation, Nike invented core. Coreness can reach ridiculous extremes. Almost every Velcro Valley firm has erected a half-pipe skateboard ramp on its premises. "We used to have...
...those who succeed in communicating core, the youth-apparel industry is a wholesome business activity. Teenagers spent $91.5 billion last year, and the men's and women's active-wear markets grew from $69 billion to $73 billion, according to the NPD Group. For leading Velcro Valley manufacturers like Quiksilver, that means a one-year, 37% increase in sales, to $316 million. Smaller firms like Hurley, Split, Girl, World, Ezekiel, Rusty and Shorties are reporting steady growth on sales of anywhere from $10 million to $70 million...
...demeanor, as venerably core as it is, is somewhat belied by a business degree and a P&G-like devotion to building his brand. Volcom advertises in all the leading niche sports magazines, and Woolcott further infuses his brand with coreness by sponsoring--for as much as $100,000 a year--alternative-sports stars such as skateboarder Rune Glifberg and snowboarder Terje Haakonsen. As a result, Volcom commands almost universal respect throughout the bro-brah network, as Kwok calls Velcro Valley's web of business connections...
Companies such as Quiksilver, which now trades on the N.Y.S.E., have proved that it's possible to grow up and thrive. Others, such as Mossimo, show that you can grow up and screw up too. For Volcom, the business plan does not go much further than staying core--and respecting that stone. "I'm living the life that I always dreamed of living," says Woolcott. "Nobody's getting rich. Nobody owns a house. But I know that low tide is in about 45 minutes, and I'm gonna go surfing." At 10 a.m. on a Thursday, that's core...
...relax? Start by recalling the core definition of news: that which is new. The less common a tragedy, the more likely it is to lead the nightly broadcast. Last winter, when you turned on the TV and saw footage from the school shooting in West Paducah, Ky., you could find some consolation: if this sort of thing had much chance of happening at your child's school, it wouldn't be the lead story...