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Archipelago Companies
About Archipelago Companies
Archipelago Companies is the Irvine, California holding company behind OluKai, melin, Roark and Kaenon, and it sells two ways: one guest at a time in the brands' own stores, and season by season to retailers and distributors. On the store side melin hires Retail Sales Experts, who greet each guest, know the hat line and the trends around it well enough to fit a customer to the right piece, and build the relationship that brings that customer back, while also opening or closing the store, reconciling the drawer, restocking and helping run the cashiers; a seat in a store still being set up also helps launch the shop. Wholesale is sold from the Irvine office: OluKai's Director of Key Accounts leads the Key Accounts team and owns the brand's largest national wholesale partners, from prebook and at-once negotiations to sell-thru reviews and drop ship programs with retailers such as Nordstrom, Zappos and REI. Tradewind Services, the group's shared services arm, hires International Distributor Account Managers who carry a book of overseas distributors for OluKai, melin and Roark in markets such as Japan, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, running each season's line presentation, forecast and prebook and holding partners to sell-in and sell-thru plans. OluKai and Roark run stores of their own as well, staffed by retail associates, leads and key holders.
Stated by the company
, SalesJobs.Now shows 10 open Archipelago Companies sales roles; 2 of them print a salary figure.
Archipelago Companies sales openings
Board read 13 Nov 2026, 23:07 UTCComparable sales openings elsewhere
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melin Retail Sales Expert - Lahaina (opens the job details)
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melin Retail Sales Expert- Waikiki, HI (opens the job details)
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Archipelago Companies as an employer
Southern California holding company of ocean and outdoor lifestyle brands whose sales hiring is melin's store sellers and wholesale account roles in Irvine. Posted pay: Stated per posting (stated by the company).
10 sales openings on its careers board right now10 sales openings at Archipelago Companies, as its own board showed them 14 Nov 2026.
Store sellers are paid by the hour, full time or part time, with bonus program eligibility and a monthly snack and beverage reimbursement; the wholesale seats are salaried with an annual company bonus.
Right now its 10 open sales roles are posted in Los Angeles (3), California (2) and Miami (1). Read from its postings on 30 Oct 2026: US only: melin stores in California (Century City in Los Angeles, Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga), Hawaii (Waikiki in Honolulu, Lahaina on Maui, Poipu on Kauai, Ko Olina on Oahu) and Miami, Florida, with the wholesale seats at the Irvine, California office; abroad the brands are carried by distributors rather than its own sellers.
Caveats
- The pay figure is stated by the company: a reference point from research, not a salary read off today's postings, so negotiate from the offer in front of you.
Pay at Archipelago Companies
Stated by the company, checked 2026-10-30From our research: stated by the company, checked 30 Oct 2026
Read from its postings on 30 Oct 2026: Store postings state an hourly range set store by store, with the rate inside it based on experience, and add eligibility for a bonus program and a monthly snack and beverage reimbursement; a few store postings print no rate at all, and one store pays a one-time sign-on bonus after six months of satisfactory work. The wholesale seats state a yearly salary range with an annual bonus opportunity on top and no commission. Ask the store how its bonus program is earned (store targets or your own sales) and what a part-time week guarantees, and ask the wholesale recruiter how the annual bonus is sized against the sell-in plan. The roles listed below state what Archipelago Companies posts now.
Only 2 of its 10 openings post pay, not enough to call a band typical for Archipelago Companies, so the figure above comes from research. What each sales role posts:
| Sales role | Openings | Pay posted | Top posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail sales | 8 | $39.5k–$45.8k/yr2 of 8 post pay | $45.8k/yr |
| Partner sales | 1 | No pay posted | None posted |
| Sales leadership | 1 | No pay posted | None posted |
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Is Archipelago Companies a good company to sell for?
Southern California holding company of ocean and outdoor lifestyle brands whose sales hiring is melin's store sellers and wholesale account roles in Irvine.
Is Archipelago Companies still an active employer?
Yes. Southern California holding company of ocean and outdoor lifestyle brands whose sales hiring is melin's store sellers and wholesale account roles in Irvine. How its pay is structured: Store sellers are paid by the hour, full time or part time, with bonus program eligibility and a monthly snack and beverage reimbursement; the wholesale seats are salaried with an annual company bonus.
What does a sales job at Archipelago Companies pay?
Stated per posting. Store postings state an hourly range set store by store, with the rate inside it based on experience, and add eligibility for a bonus program and a monthly snack and beverage reimbursement; a few store postings print no rate at all, and one store pays a one-time sign-on bonus after six months of satisfactory work. The wholesale seats state a yearly salary range with an annual bonus opportunity on top and no commission. Ask the store how its bonus program is earned (store targets or your own sales) and what a part-time week guarantees, and ask the wholesale recruiter how the annual bonus is sized against the sell-in plan.
Is selling for Archipelago Companies worth it?
Posted pay at Archipelago Companies: Stated per posting (stated by the company). Consumer goods sales suit reps who enjoy negotiating with buyers, reading store and menu data, and running promotions on a calendar.
How is Archipelago Companies's sales comp put together?
Store sellers are paid by the hour, full time or part time, with bonus program eligibility and a monthly snack and beverage reimbursement; the wholesale seats are salaried with an annual company bonus.
Where are Archipelago Companies's sales roles based?
Right now its 10 open sales roles are posted in Los Angeles (3), California (2) and Miami (1). Read from its postings on 30 Oct 2026: US only: melin stores in California (Century City in Los Angeles, Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga), Hawaii (Waikiki in Honolulu, Lahaina on Maui, Poipu on Kauai, Ko Olina on Oahu) and Miami, Florida, with the wholesale seats at the Irvine, California office; abroad the brands are carried by distributors rather than its own sellers.
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