Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
Thank you. (Operator Instructions) We'll go to Jeff Klinefelter of Piper Jaffray.
Jeff Klinefelter - Piper Jaffray
Yes. Hi guys. Thanks for the information this morning. The first question is really on that 10% of payroll growth Joe that you mentioned. Can we get any more color on that as it relates to the brand growth that you are expecting between DC, Quik, and Roxy just very generally speaking? And then also between international and domestic, that just it would be helpful in comparing that to overall expectations for growth in those markets and economic news coming out of the various major markets?
Joe Scirocco
Sure Jeff. We typically don't break brand forecast down or even actual results on a quarterly basis. I would tell you that generally speaking you can think about the Quiksilver brand which did little over $850 million in fiscal '07. We think about that as sort of a high single digit grower over the next few years 6% lets say. Roxy, which did about $750 million in volume in fiscal '07, we think about that as growing slightly faster, somewhere in the 8% to 12% range, and DC, which generated $350 million in sales last year, we think about as somewhere in the range of 20% plus for the next couple of years.
Jeff Klinefelter - Piper Jaffray
Could you give a little color, Joe, as well on domestic versus international, given all the various economic news that we are hearing? Are you looking for faster growth coming out of Europe right now, versus domestic?
Joe Scirocco
I think, that's generally a fair assumption. Europe has been growing faster in terms of its store opening plans and currency has also been boosting that. But on an underlying brand basis growth is comparable.
Jeff Klinefelter - Piper Jaffray
Okay. In terms of the US market and maybe if Marty is on, he could jump in, couple of things, one, DC as it relates to some changes going on at PacSun in terms of scaling back their footwear business, any sort of changes, in terms of major market or a major account focus? And then just in general as Joe you mentioned that your visibility is relatively low for fall bookings. Can you give us a sense for what you are hearing from your retailers, so are they simply unwilling to commit at this point, are they committing very conservatively, are they are asking you to hold and chase? Can you give us a sense for the current domestic environment?
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