Surf industry heavyweight brands Quiksilver, Billabong and Volcom suffered another blow this week after Liberated Brands filed for bankruptcy and prepares to close more than 100 retail stores nationwide.

The news comes just weeks after Liberated – the retail and e-commerce operator for several of the Authentic Brands Group labels – shuttered its Costa Mesa headquarters and laid off 400 employees. 

Employees at Southern California stores learned of the retail closures about a week ago, with doors shutting in about 10 weeks, said Reese Rowbotham, assistant manager at the Volcom shop at Irvine Spectrum.

“All of them are shutting down,” she said of the retail stores.