Activist investor nominates 10 candidates for Deckers board
Activist investor Marcato Capital Management nominated 10 candidates for the board of directors for Goleta-based Deckers Brands. The shoe company confirmed that it had received the nominations in a news release issued Sept. 13. Earlier in the month, Deckers set a Sept. 15 deadline for nominations and pushed back its annual stockholders meeting, usually held Read More →
Deckers Brands struggles as iconic shoe brand sales decline
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Dubroff: Trump’s immigration ban could derail innovation in America
Innovation happens in the most surprising ways. And history shows that some of America’s greatest innovators are immigrants. Recently, many of these immigrant-entrepreneurs are refugees like Intel’s Andy Grove, whose family left Hungary after the USSR cracked down. Or the kids of refugees — think Steve Jobs, whose dad was from Syria. Most of them Read More →
Dubroff: C-Suite shift at Deckers Brands fitting exit for Martinez
As you read this column, one of the legendary business leaders in the Tri-Counties will be headed into retirement. Sort of. Angel Martinez, 60, the strategist who charted a growth path for Deckers Brands and helped turn the region into a hub for fashion forward design, said just before Memorial Day he’ll be stepping down Read More →
Deckers Brands CEO retiring; earnings per share nose dive
Goleta-based Deckers Brands beat quarterly revenue estimates but still posted a loss of 73 cents per share when the company reported fourth quarter and fiscal year 2016 earnings results May 26 as unseasonably warm weather ate into profit margins. Deckers’ sales increased 11 percent during the quarter from $340.6 million in 2015 to $378.6 million Read More →