Zumiez

As of the beginning of 2006, Zumiez operated 174 stores and had a presence in 19 states. Zumiez stores are often found near and feed off of other specialty retail stores such as Abercrombie and Fitch, American Eagle, Hot Topic, etc. However, Zumiez markets itself towards individuals who do not like wearing what the usual crowd wears (Hollister, A.E., Abercrombie, etc.). Zumiez more closely resembles a skate-shop than a clothing store, which some[Who?] praise for returning skate-shops to malls. Zumiez competes fiercely with these stores over the business of mall-going teenagers.

Zumiez currently offers:

• Adio
• Alien Workshop
• Almost Skateboards
• Alpinestars
• Atticus Clothing
• Billabong
• Burton
• C1RCA
• Casual Industrees
• Coal headwear
• DC Shoe
• DGK
• DVS Shoe Company
• Element
• Emerica
• Empyre
• Etnies
• Ezekiel
• Fallen
• Famous Stars and Straps
• Flip Skateboards
• Forum
• Foursqure
• Fox
• Free World
• Fyäsko
• Globe
• Grenade
• Green Apple Tree
• Heavy Rotation
• Hurley
• Independent Truck Company
• Jones Soda
• KR3W
• LRG
• Luxirie
• Matix
• NorCal
• Obey
• Quiksilver
• Roxy
• RVCA
• RZST
• Sessions
• Skin
• Spacecraft
• Special Blend
• SRH
• The Seventh Letter
• Vans, Inc.
• Volcom
• Zero
• Zoo York

Zumiez stores are designed with an "organized chaos" theme that "that is consistent with many teenagers' lifestyles."[citation needed] Zumiez stores are stocked with couches and video games to encourage customers "to shop for longer periods of time and to interact with each other and the store associates." Each store is approx. 2,700 sq. feet.[citation needed] The stores generally feature the sales floor, a couch with video games and television, changing rooms, and a 'skate shop.' Zumiez also holds events entitled 'Zumiez Couch Tours' which has skateboarders, city to city, skate in malls. An example of a Zumiez Couch Tour can be seen on the show Viva La Bam created by Bam Margera (Element, Adio, Viva La Bam, Jackass) on Season Three, episode 7 entitled 'Mall of Bam'.