Two Seasons (retailer)
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Two Seasons is a chain of 24 skateboard
, surf and snow sports shops in the UK, selling clothing and equipment for the related sports. The company is owned by Billabong Clothing
whose headquarters are in Australia.
In 2008 Two Seasons was bought by Billabong Clothing
as their multi-brand retail chain. Two Seasons joins many other Surf, Skate & Snowboard brands under the Billabong clothing company, including Element Skateboards
, Von Zipper, DaKine
, Kustom Footwear, Xcel wetsuits, Nixon Watches
& Sector 9
skateboards.
Skateboard
A skateboard is typically a specially designed plywood board combined with a polyurethane coating used for making smoother slides and stronger durability, used primarily for the activity of skateboarding. The first skateboards to reach public notice came out of the surfing craze of the early 1960s,...
, surf and snow sports shops in the UK, selling clothing and equipment for the related sports. The company is owned by Billabong Clothing
Billabong (clothing)
Billabong International is a clothing company traded on the Australian Securities Exchange since 11 August 2000. Billabong was founded in 1973 by Gordon and Rena Merchant....
whose headquarters are in Australia.
History
Two Seasons was set up in 1983 by Stuart Roberts. The first store was on the Wellingborough Road in Northampton, England. Throughout the past 27 years another 23 stores have been opened throughout the UK. The UK retail market has shown great results for Two Seasons compared to the previous corresponding period.In 2008 Two Seasons was bought by Billabong Clothing
Billabong (clothing)
Billabong International is a clothing company traded on the Australian Securities Exchange since 11 August 2000. Billabong was founded in 1973 by Gordon and Rena Merchant....
as their multi-brand retail chain. Two Seasons joins many other Surf, Skate & Snowboard brands under the Billabong clothing company, including Element Skateboards
Element Skateboards
Element Skateboards is a skateboard manufacturer and surfwear retailer based in Irvine, California. It is a subsidiary of Australian clothing giants Billabong International....
, Von Zipper, DaKine
DaKine
DaKine is an American outdoor apparel company specializing in sportswear and sports equipment for alternative sports. It was founded in 1979 in Haiku, Maui Hawaii. The name of the company comes from the Hawaiian Pidgin word "da kine" .Dakine sells backpacks, apparel and accessories for men, women...
, Kustom Footwear, Xcel wetsuits, Nixon Watches
Nixon Watches
Nixon is an accessories company for the youth lifestyle market founded in 1997 by Andy Laats & Chad DiNenna in Encinitas, California. Nixon began with a small line of custom built, team designed watches with focused distribution in specialty surf, skate, snow, and fashion stores...
& Sector 9
Sector 9
Sector 9 is a skateboard manufacturer and subsidiary of Billabong International. The company was started in La Jolla, California in 1993.. Steve Lake, Dave Klimkiewicz, and Dennis Telfer are the cofounders of the company...
skateboards.
Store Locations
To date September 2010, Two Seasons has 24 retail stores throughout the UK.- Banbury
- Belfast
- Bullring, Birmingham
- Westfield Merry Hill
- Bristol
- Cambridge
- Cardiff
- Coventry
- Derby
- Exeter
- High Wycombe
- Kingston
- Leamington Spa
- Leicester
- Lichfield
- Lincoln
- Liverpool
- Newbury
- Northampton
- Northampton Grosvenor Centre
- Nottingham
- Peterborough
- Solihull
- Worcester