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Osiris Shoes announced today that it has named Tony Chen as President and CEO and Doug Weston as Vice President of the San Diego-based brand.

On November 5 Quiksilver completed a reorganization of its staff in the Americas region. In total 200 positions have been eliminated. The layoffs affected every organization under the Quiksilver America umbrella according to the company's Vice President of Investor Relations Bruce Thomas.

C is helping Danny Way celebrate 20 years of pro skateboarding, by releasing an exclusive new video every day for the next 20 weekdays through November.

Zumiez announced today that comparable store sales decreased 8.9 percent for the period ended October 31, 2009.

TransWorld Media announced today that Rob Campbell, who has served as publisher of TransWorld Business for more than two years, has been promoted to Editorial Director.

More than 30 years after its original release, Vans is bringing back a deluxe edition of its documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys, which was directed by skateboard legend Stacy Peralta, narrated by Sean Penn, and features members of the original Zephyr Skateboard Team including Jay Adams, Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta, and their mentors Jeff Ho and Skip Engblom.

Stoked Mentoring founder Steve Larosiliere is featured on the "Internet newspaper", The Huffington Post. Larosiliere is now a featured blogger on the site's impact section. Check it out!

We reached out to key retailers and manufacturers to find out their takes on the petition and general thoughts on the direction skate trade shows are headed. Here's what Modern Skate & Surf Owner George Leichtweis and Blackbox CEO/Partner Frank Messman had to say.