Finance

Maintaining Best Financial Practices From 2025 to Ensure a Successful 2026

By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | January 8, 2026

California Apparel News asked financial leaders in the apparel business: Amid continued economic uncertainty, which initiatives used in 2025 by your clients resulted in the greatest success and will continue for Q1 of 2026?

Post-COVID Recovery Needs To Include People of Color, LAEDC Said

With COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out, economists are charting what happens after one of the most dramatic economic shocks in American history.

Simon Property Group CEO Remains Bullish on 2021

After a year when its business was battered by stores shuttering and temporary mall closures, the shopping-center giant Simon Property Group on Feb. 8 reported results for its fourth-quarter and year-end revenues.

Industry Focus: Finance—How Can Factoring Services Aid Apparel-Business Recovery?

Entering 2021, the apparel industry can see a bit of hope as businesses look toward maintenance and recovery from a tumultuous year. As apparel businesses examine their next steps while outlining new financial plans, they often look for guidance from experts.

Biden Proposes New COVID-19 Lifelines

Before becoming the 46th United States president, Joe Biden unveiled the American Rescue Plan on Jan. 14, a proposed $1.9-trillion program that his incoming administration said will put the U.S. economy back on its feet after 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shopify Shares Surge 177.6 % During 2020

One of the digital companies that reported a robust performance during holiday 2020 was multichannel e-transaction focused platform Shopify.

Businesses Chart Next Steps After Congress Approves Stimulus Bill

After months of wrangling, Congress passed a $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief stimulus bill Monday, which will include $600 checks sent to individuals earning less than $75,000 annually and a second round of payment protection plan funds for small businesses.

Consumer Sentiment More Optimistic, Recent Surveys Report

Confidence in the U.S. economy is growing, according to a couple of recently released surveys.

After Digital Debut, Afterpay to Take Payments Services In-Store

Afterpay got its start by offering layaway-style payment plans to Millennials when they were shopping for fashions and goods online. Recently, the payments company, announced that it had made a deal with the mall company Simon to take the service to bricks-and-mortar shops.

Toubassy to Help Spearhead Spotlight Brands

Ramez Toubassy, a Los Angeles–based executive who helped guide the retailer Wet Seal’s transition into a digitally focused fashion company, announced a new venture recently.

Industry Focus: Finance--How the Apparel Industry Can Hold On for the Holidays

As business restrictions stemming from COVID-19 continue to ease across the United States and unemployment has fallen into the single digits at 8.4 percent, yet employment remains at 11.5 million jobs below February’s figures, and the gross domestic product in the country also decreased at an annual rate of 31.7 percent during the second quarter.

With the Power of One P.O., Everything Can Change for Black-Owned Apparel Businesses

One major deal can change everything for a small company, yet it can be more crucial for determining the success of Black-owned businesses and those led by members of underrepresented groups, said Dawaud Muhammad. As the co-owner of a Black-owned printing-and-embroidery company, Muhammad leads Big Printing Textile Co., LLC, which is located in the San Francisco Bay Area town of San Leandro, Calif.

INDUSTRY FOCUS: FINANCE, In the Midst of COVID-19, U.S. Businesses Take It One Day at a Time

At the beginning of July, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that June unemployment in the country fell to 11.1 percent from 13.3 percent in May, with employment in sectors including retail rising to 4.8 million following businesses reopening in many parts of the country. Recently, local governments in certain areas that have seen rising COVID-19 cases are rolling back their reopening plans, with businesses that serve particular sectors being forced to close again.

Businesses Navigate PPP Loans and Other Disaster Relief Sources

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Payment Protection Program distributed billions of dollars in loans in the past months to companies with less than 500 employees that were hurt by the COVID-19 economic shutdown. According to Tom Waldman, a shareholder in the law firm of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, opportunities remain to get SBA loans.