Primrose Bows in Fashion District
A new showroom complex for contemporary apparel has opened in the Los Angeles Fashion District....
Forever 21 to Develop South Central L.A. Land
A spokesperson for Los Angeles retailer Forever 21 said the company plans to proceed with a plan to develop a controversial swatch of land near downtown Los Angeles into a facility to handle ...
Finance Resource Guide
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IBS Opens Finance Center in L.A.
The Los Angeles fashion community has another finance resource to consider for payment processing and other financial services, as International Bankcard Services (IBS) has opened an office i...
Cleaner Dry Cleaner
Beverly Hills–based Non Pareil Cleaners, in operation since 1945, installed a new dry-cleaning system that uses liquefied, pressurized national carbon dioxide in the place of petrochemical- and solvent-based m...
Sugar Inc. Acquires Shopflick
San Francisco–based Sugar Inc. has acquired Los Angeles–based Shopflick (
Industrial Real Estate Drops for Fifth Straight Quarter
Demand for warehouse and manufacturing space declined for the fifth straight quarter at the end of the first quarter of 2009, reflecting what’s been happening on the global trade front as exports to th...
DownEast Goes West
Salt Lake City–based retail chain DownEast Basics opened a store at the Galleria at Roseville Shopping Center in Roseville, Calif., the company’s third grand opening in the past 90 days. The store carri...
Famous Footwear Opens DC in Tejon Ranch
St. Louis–based Brown Shoe Company Inc. has opened a 350,000-square-foot distribution center in Tejon Ranch, Calif., where all inbound and outbound shipments for the company’s Famous F...
Haute Contour by Spanx
For nine years, Spanx’s modern version of the girdle in nylon/Lycra shapewear briefs has been a success in helping women look their best in that sleek party dress...
Neighborhoods to Watch
Some of Los Angeles’ top retail neighborhoods have suffered store closings this year, yet stores also have op...
Men's Wearhouse Bids High for Filene's
K&G Acquisition Corp., an affiliate of the Men’s Wearhouse retail chain, bid $67 million—the winning bid—for the assets of off-pricer Filene’s Basement. The price covers 17 to 20 store leases, inventory from 25 existing locations, the lease...
Gas Prices Should Peak in July and Then Decline
With gasoline prices creeping up six weeks in a row, retail experts are fretting that consumers will start feeling financially drained and put lockboxes on their wallets when buying clothes....
Retail Demand Slows, but Investor Interest Grows
Retail vacancies during the first quarter of 2009 continue to climb as falling home values and payroll cuts and employment layoffs have forced consumers to cut spending, resulting in pronounced vacanc...
New Line, New Site for Elaine Kim
Elaine Kim, the Los Angeles–based designer behind the contemporary brand Product, has re-emerged with a new eponymous line....
