New Lines: California Market Center
California Market Center The following are new lines carried by showrooms at the California Market Center, located at 110 E. Ninth St., Los Angeles. The California Appa...
Las Vegas Trade Show Calendar
Feb. 15–18
MAGIC Launches New Premium Women's Section
Organizers scale back runway shows to focus on remerchandising and show floor activities....
Zappos’ $50K Tee
Las Vegas–based online shoe and apparel retailer Zappos.com is offering a $50,000 T-shirt that comes with an added bonus: C...
L.A. Men's Brand Corpus Lands Ecco Domani Award
The 2009 Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation award for menswear was awarded to Corpus, the Los Angeles–based brand founded by designers Keith Richardson and Jerrod Cornish. ...
Iconix Heads to Latin America
New York–based Iconix Brand Group—owners of the Mossimo, Rampage, Joe Boxer, Candie’s, Bongo, Ocean Pacific a...
Layoffs and Direction Change at Reef
Apparel giant VF Corp. laid off a substantial number of Reef employees on Jan. 6 in a major bid to reposition the core surf apparel and accessories brand. ...
L.A. Manufacturer Julie Blatt, 84
Los Angeles manufacturer Julie Blatt died on Jan. 4 after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 84. ...
ASR Cancels Holiday Edition
The Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo has cancelled its Holiday 2009 edition....
Upcoming CPSC Deadline Vexes Childrenswear Manufacturers
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008 has caused its share of confusion among apparel manufacturers, but particularly among makers of children’s products, who are the main targets...
Confidence Down
After a brief rally in November, consumer confidence plunged to an all-time low, according to the Conference Board, the New York–based research organization that conducts the Consumer Confidence Survey of 5,00...
Industry Voices: Is Vietnam the New Sourcing Frontier?
For almost 30 years, China has been the go-to place for fulfilling the needs of U.S. importers to make clothing, textiles, footwear and accessories. ...
Dear Charlotte, Take Two
The board of directors of San Diego retailer Charlotte Russe Holding Inc. received a second letter recently urging the board to accept a recent bid from a private equity investment consortium. Financial-services company B. R...
Post Holiday '08, Retailers Vow to Change Game in '09
The 2008 Christmas season may change the way the fashion industry does business, according to retailers and industry analysts who say finding new ways to make and stretch a dollar will be crucial in ...
Cochran Joins Delta’s Board
Duluth, Ga.–based Delta Apparel, Inc., owners of Junk Food Clothing Co., named James “Al” Cochran to the comp...
