What’s in Store for the Factoring Business With Fewer Stores on the Retail Landscape?
Finance
The retail boneyard is piled high with store doors that closed last year, and many more may be on the way.
Retailers Dabble in Selling With Bitcoin
Retail
Since August, designer Maya Reynolds, whose brands include Clade and Uncommon Thrds, has ventured into the cryptocurrency world by doing a handful of sales in bitcoin.
What’s Checking: An Independent Boutique District Grows at Row DTLA
Retail
After six years of running a boutique in an established retail neighborhood in Los Angeles’ Echo Park area, Whitney Bickers rolled the dice and moved her shop, Myrtle, to a new neighborhood that has yet to register on many fashion-savvy people’s radars.
Uprisal: Introduction to Patagonia’s Activism
Environmentally Fit
Patagonia has made headlines with its unique mission of being an activist company.
Levi Strauss Sees Profitable Year After Turn-Around Campaign
Manufacturing
Levi Strauss & Co. is planning to open 100 new stores this year, mostly outside of the United States, as it concentrates on international sales and building markets in China, India and the Americas.
Paige: From Premium Denim to a Lifestyle Legacy
Beyond Denim
At the beginning of the 21st century, the premium-denim market was buzzing with hot new brands that saturated the industry, driven by a consumer demographic comprising 20-something women willing to exhaust an entire week’s pay on one pair of jeans.
Investing in Los Angeles’ Next-Gen Knitting Industry
Manufacturing
As many design houses rely on outsourced production that has been sent overseas, domestic suppliers are investing in their own businesses, building strong reputations for quality products and incomparable service.
Project’s Gallery Show Before Vegas
A week before the production of its Las Vegas trade show, Project made a presentation at New York Fashion Week.
Six:02 Takes A Bow At Hollywood & Highland
Sneakerhead styles for men have been a giant fashion news story for more than 10-years. But women’s sneaker fashion market remains underserved said Karla Welch at the Feb. 6 opening of Six:02. It's a store devoted to women's fashions and sneakers at Hollywood & Highland retail center.
Wahoo’s Fish Taco Celebrates 30th in Surf Industry Style
If you follow the surf biz, you know Wahoo’s Fish Taco. Get ready for its 30th anniversary party.
Exhibit Opens of Costumes Nominated for Academy Awards
Fashion and the Movies
All five of the nominated costume designs up for Academy Awards are on display at FIDM.
East LA Steps Out for Art Walk
Art and Fashion
The artists in East Los Angeles are a talented group that get together to display their creations once a month.
Epson Asks Designers to Create Fashion Prints With New Printing Technology
Technology
Epson is holding its fourth annual “Epson Digital Couture Project” on Feb. 6 in New York leading up to New York Fashion Week, which begins Feb. 8.
Twin Designers From Mexico Highlight Indigenous Fabrics in Their Collection
Indigenous Influence
Twin sisters Paulina and Malinali Fosado grew up in Mexico with an anthropologist father who collected popular art and passed on his love of Mexican culture and art.
Trans-Pacific Partnership Could Be a Done Deal by March
Import/Export
The new and improved Trans-Pacific Partnership is going forward without the United States as the other original members of the accord hashed out their differences in January, with a new free-trade pact expected to be signed as early as March.
Oeko-Tex, a Certification Group, Updates Its Programs
Manufacturing
Since the 1990s, the Oeko-Tex Association has set standards for consumer protection and sustainability in textiles.
Polartec Introduces Less Bulky, Insulation Fabric
Textiles
Polartec was introduced on the fabric scene more than 30 years ago as an alternative to wool. It offers wool’s warmth but is not as heavy and is machine washable.
Grosso Moda Invests Deeper into Gerber Technology’s Software
Technology
The Netherlands’ Grosso Moda works with a network of apparel factories based around the globe.
Guess Inc.’s Paul Marciano Accused of Sexual Harassment
Manufacturing
Weeks after fashion and celebrity photographers Mario Testino and Bruce Weber were accused of sexual harassment, another fashion figure, Paul Marciano, was accused of similar misconduct.
