Volcom

Volcom

Volcom is a clothing manufacturer. Based in Costa Mesa, California, it was founded in 1991 by Richard “Wooly” Woolcott and Tucker “T-Dawg” Hall. The company caters to the surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding markets, born out of the founders’ own experiences with these sports. In April 2005, the Company changed its name to Volcom, Inc. On June 29, 2005, Volcom Inc. made an initial public offering on NASDAQ, pricing 4.69 million shares at $19 a share and raising $89 million. The underwriters of the IPO were Wachovia Securities, D.A. Davidson and Piper Jaffray.

Volcom is known for its elaborate uses of the “stone” logo pictured on the right and its motto, “Youth Against Establishment”.

Virtual Greats’ staff are specialists in emerging and new media channels.  We firmly believe that intellectual property is valuable in this space and that, if properly administered, can be a new incremental revenue stream and powerful form of artist expression. We have an artist friendly business model that allows for a smooth approval process along the way, so your image and likeness is tightly controlled. This avoids piracy issues. We can offer scale. By working with Virtual Greats, our artists can be exposed across the entire ecosystem of social networks, casual games, MMOG’s and virtual worlds, or only specific ones. It’s always the artist’s choice.

Currently, Virtual Greats has exclusive distribution rights for virtual goods associated with a variety of Artists, IP, and Brands across multiple media platforms. And the list is growing fast.

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