Winners and losers in sale of Gold Coast's Billabong to California's Boardriders Inc for $208 million | Gold Coast Bulletin
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Billabong's demise is emblematic of a wider crisis in the surfwear industry | Fashion | The Guardian
![Rumour: VF Corp, owner of Vans, just bought Billabong, Quiksilver and RVCA and only days before mass-sackings and after almost a decade of circling the once-iconic surf brands! Rumour: VF Corp, owner of Vans, just bought Billabong, Quiksilver and RVCA and only days before mass-sackings and after almost a decade of circling the once-iconic surf brands!](https://beachgrit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/g4u6W6slGZFRLFbKL_WVajWshKrOtOtb7QpWybAaFkM.jpg.webp.jpeg)
Rumour: VF Corp, owner of Vans, just bought Billabong, Quiksilver and RVCA and only days before mass-sackings and after almost a decade of circling the once-iconic surf brands!
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