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Harbour Surf Retail Owner Robert Howson: SES Podcast

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Harbour Surf Retail Owner Robert Howson: SES Podcast

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By Tiffany Montgomery | Published 05/31/19

We talk with Robert about getting started in retail with Aaron Pai in the early days of HSS, how Harbour tries to differentiate in a crowded market, the Harbour private label strategy and why Robert is a huge fan of Vissla.

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