Job Losses at Hanesbrands
With declining sales and profits in the first quarter of 2009, underwear and casualwear maker Hanesbrands Inc. is trimming 250 job...
Denim Godfathers Share Keys to Success and Entrepreneurship
There is no formula for success, but if there were, it would include heavy doses of passion, hard work, loving what you do, a constant learning process and new ideas. ...
Catch Boutique Launches With Shopping Party
Most fashionistas love a little shopping and pampering with their party. Online shop Catch Boutique (www.catchboutique.com) tapped into that...
Officials Put the Brakes on Stanford Retail Expansion
Stanford University officials have decided to table a plan to fund a 240,000-square-foot expansion of Simon Property Group’s Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, Calif....
New Guy at O’Neill
Can a mountain man from Sweden blend in with the surf crowd at the O’Neill Group? We will soon find out. Jan Valdmaa, a Swe...
Musical Chairs at Frederick’s
Top management is changing at Frederick’s of Hollywood Group Inc., whose lingerie retail division is in California and whol...
Musical Chairs at Frederick#039;s
Top management is changing at Frederick’s of Hollywood Group Inc., whose lingerie retail division is in California and whol...
London Fog to China
There’s lots of rain in China, which is why Iconix Brand Group, owner of the London Fog label, is taking the brand there. T...
Farmer Jeans Relaunches With Los Feliz Boutique
Peter Lang Nooch, founder of Los Angeles–based boutique denim line Farmer Jeans USA, is planning to reintroduce his denim line with a shop in Los Angeles’ Los Feliz neighborhood. ...
Sample Sale Calendar: May 1-7, 2009
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Elyse Walker Finds Men Make Business Sense
Elyse Walker was warned by her friends not to open a men’s boutique. Stores for guys typically do not enjoy the same earnings as women’s fashion stores, they said. Walker thanked her friends for their ...
Material World Miami's Future Is Uncertain
Executives at Kennesaw, Ga.–based Urban Expositions are mulling the cancellation of the annual Material World & Technology Solutions textile and sourcing show in Miami Beach, Fla. ...
Wal-Mart Expands Solar-Power Projects
Between 10 and 20 Wal-Mart Stores in California will soon be outfitted with solar-power systems as a result of a deal struck with San Francisco–based energy supplier BP Solar....
High Marks but Sparse Crowds for GlobalTex Debut
There was a flurry of activity on the afternoon of the second day of new fabric trade show GlobalTex as designer—including Kevan Hall, Eva Franco, Rory Beca, Andrew Christian, Mona Thalheimer and Barb...
Smaller Material World Show Yields Focused Buyers
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—The April 21–23 run of the Material World & Technology Solutions expo was smaller in size, but buyers in the Miami Beach Convention Center during the 10th anniver...
