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That's as in the Magic Marketplace trade show, where local retailers and apparel makers are peddling their latest wares and assessing their back-to-school seasons. Huntington Beach-based Quiksilver Inc. said that a hot summer helped jump-start sales of casual/surf appeal. The Quicksilver results ease earlier concerns about the action sports sector after Anaheim-based Pacific Sunwear of California reported a large drop in its second-quarter profit.


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