Letter to the Editor
The California Market Center has had the most successful January show in the country for many years. In spite of the present economic conditions, California achieved the strongest sales and buyer attendance i...
Just Say Ugg
Sandals, shoes and sheepskin boots may not be enough for Deckers Outdoor Corp., the company just outside Santa Barbara that makes ...
CFA President to Address Copyright Issues and Apparel Careers
California Fashion Association President Ilse Metchek will deliver the keynote speech at the Copyright Office Conference on Feb. 18 in Los Angeles and Feb. 20 in San Francisco. ...
Industry Petitions CPSIA Lawmakers
A group of representatives from several industry associations met with lawmakers to discuss the ramifications of the Consumer Product Safety Committee’s Improvement Act of 2008, a law that requires new testing and cer...
Lead Regulations
With new federal regulation coming on board in February that limits the lead content in primarily childrenswear, The Hosiery Assoc...
Making the Most of Niche Marketing at Outdoor Retailer
SALT LAKE CITY—Buyer traffic was down at the Jan. 22–25 run of the Outdoor Retailer trade show, but still, people crowded the aisles at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake C...
Retail Reductions
The Wet Seal Inc., the retail chain that caters to young women, is laying off 41 people. The retailer, which is based in Foothill ...
Marky Ramone, Hilfiger Launch Capsule Collection
Musician Marky Ramone, former drummer of The Ramones, has teamed with Tommy Hilfiger to launch a small collection of rock ’n’ roll–inspired apparel under the Tommy Hilfiger Group...
Capsule Reports Flat Attendance
Loud music can be a distraction at trade shows, and noisy crowds can disturb vendors, too. But the producers of the New Yorkshy;–based Capsule trade show did not want anyone to feel a historic...
Key Buyers at Abbreviated ASR, Fashion-Focused Agenda
Going into it, no one expected the Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo, held Jan. 22–24 in San Diego, to be business as usual. (For more from ASR and Agenda, click...
BG Haute: Upscale and Evening
Scala Eveningwear Inc. kicks the sparkle and spectacle quotient up a notch on its prom, social-occasion and eveningwear dresses with a new premium division, BG Haute. The Los Angeles–...
Tuneful Way to Sell Emerging Fashion
While the United States awaits Obama's economic-stimulus package, producers Adam Krim and Candice Love—Love was an operations manager at Pooltradeshow—hope their Artistic Stimulus Package will...
VF#039;s New Initiatives
Greensboro, N.C.–based VF Corp. is splitting its 5-year-old Outdoor Americas coalition with two new sections: Outdoor Ameri...
Zweave Teams With TransWeave for PLM Integration
Zweave Inc. and TransWeave Inc. have joined forces, bringing Zweave’s PLM (product lifecycle management) into SAP’s ERP IS solution via TransWeave for a combined end-...
CPSIA Ruling Goes Forward
Rumors began bouncing around soon after President Barack Obama’s inauguration that the much-maligned Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Improvement Act of 2008, which affects childrenswear, had been p...
