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Quiksilver, Inc. is an Australian, American-based company based in Huntington Beach, California and one of the world's largest manufacturers of surfwear and other boardsport-related equipment.〔http://www.companiesandmarkets.com/MarketInsight/Leisure/Global-Boardsports-Market/NI5631〕 Its logo, designed by company founder Alan Green and John Law in Torquay, Victoria, Australia, in 1969, was inspired by Japanese painter Hokusai's woodcut ''The Great Wave off Kanagawa''. It consists of a large wave with a mountain on a red background. The company also produces a line of apparel for young women, under the brands ''DC Shoes'' and Roxy. The Roxy logo consists of two copies of the Quiksilver logo, one reflected, forming a heart. Quiksilver has another line of apparel for women under the brand Quiksilver Women. As of 2013, the company lost financially for six years and initiated a turnaround plan in an attempt to resolve this.〔http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/17/business/la-fi-stock-spotlight-quiksilver-20130617〕 However, in 2015, the company became bankrupt.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34194480〕 ==Corporate information== Quiksilver purchased Skis Rossignol for $560 million in 2005, but sold Rossignol on 12 November 2008 for $37.5 million (30 million euros) in cash and a $12.5 million note (10 million euro). It owned golf-equipment maker Cleveland Golf up until 31 October 2007, when it sold the company to a Japanese sporting goods company. In 2009 Moody's included Quiksilver on its Bottom Rung list of companies most likely to default on its debt. Quiksilver also owns DC Shoes, a skateboard shoe brand. Co-founder and CEO of Quiksilver Bob McKnight stepped down as CEO on 11 January 2013. McKnight then acted as Executive Chairman, until retiring in October 2014.〔http://business.transworld.net/news/quiksilver-executive-chairman-bob-mcknight-to-retire/#JAECP58yCEQ6M7dm.97〕 Andy Mooney, who was formerly chairman of Disney Consumer Products, served as CEO from 2013 to 2015. The current CEO is Pierre Agnes.〔 Andy Mooney has stepped down as the CEO of Quiksilver as he was known to strain relationships with the surf industry when Quiksilver decided to hold a Black Friday sale on wetsuits right before Christmas, it hurt the specialty store’s sales alienating the brand and eventually leading them to file for bankruptcy. Mooney was eventually replaced in March 2015 by longtime Quiksilver employee Pierre Agnes to restructure the brand. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quiksilver」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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