by Board Retailers Association | Feb 12, 2023 | Community, News, Social Issues, Sustainability
Did you know that as small business owners in the board specialty retail industry, we have a unique opportunity to be leaders in the fight against climate change? Running a small business is a serious amount of work, so I’ll jump right to the good news. The most...
by Board Retailers Association | Jan 29, 2023 | News, Skateboard, Social Issues
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Appalling, deplorable, and heinous. Those are the words civil rights attorney Ben Crump used after he and Tyre Nichols’ family saw the video of the police encounter leading up to his death for the first time.Tyre Nichols’ family, attorneys see...
by Board Retailers Association | Oct 26, 2022 | Industry, News, Shoe Market, Social Issues
Adidas yesterday ended its partnership with Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, following a series of antisemitic remarks he has made recently in multiple forums. “Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they...
by Board Retailers Association | Sep 4, 2022 | Industry, News, Social Issues, Sustainability
Although numerous residents of New Jersey are still openly bemoaning the plastic bag ban that took effect in May, millions of people around the globe are participating in Plastic Free July, an initiative of the Plastic Free Foundation, an organization...
by Board Retailers Association | Aug 16, 2022 | Community, Film Review, Skateboard, Social Issues
My morning ritual begins by checking my text messages, followed by pruning my inbox from companies trying to sell me things and then setting my daily agenda. Today was no different but as I checked off empty white boxes next to eComms that would soon be directed to...
by Board Retailers Association | Aug 12, 2022 | News, Social Issues, Surf
Andy Lyon decided that a rock needed to be implanted into this surfboard and the consequences for his actions are proof that it’s not okay anymore. Photos: Screenshot/YouTube In the first week of August, a Malibu resident named Andy Lyon took off on a wave at...