Costa Rica Joins Free Trade Agreement
After years of political wrangling, Costa Rica is finally joining the free-trade agreement that eliminates most tariffs and quotas on goods traded between Central America and the United States....
Mr. Larkin: Eco and Chic
Fashionable eco lines are on the rise, as evidenced by Mr. Larkin, an exciting new addition to this growing category....
Eucalyptus: Label Aids Guatemalan Workers
Eucalyptus, a 5-year-old misses label out of Austin, Texas, made its way to the West Coast when its owners struck a distribution deal with Roseanne Tritica and Ernesto Mantilla of th...
Luxury Loves Company: Fashionable Radical
Just a couple of months after it debuted in May, new fashion brand Luxury Loves Company landed in top-fashion boutique Kitson. It was a coup for LLC designer Diane Rosenstein, a woman who, u...
Ed Hardy Launches Snow Division
The slopes are about to get a little more colorful. ...
NRF Wants a Tax Holiday
The National Retail Federation, a Washington, D.C.–based retail organization, is asking President-elect Barack Obama to inc...
Bush Administration Protests Chinese Export Subsidies
The U.S. government is getting serious about halting alleged Chinese export subsidies that help bankroll branded products shipped overseas....
Tommy Heads to South Beach
Tommy Hilfiger U.S.A. Inc. will open its second Florida store on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach’s South Beach neighborhood. ...
2008: Year in Review
While the economic crisis was by far and away the major news story of 2008, it was not the only development in a year that saw retail sales gradually ebb as consumers juggled high gas prices, shrinkin...
Embracing 'Haute' Technology
The Academy of Couture Art is a Los Angeles–based fashion college that prides itself on the ages-old haute couture methods of garment construction taught in Europe. Yet, the school’s founders know that...
Looking for Big Fashion in L.A.'s Little Tokyo
Ray Cho helped open a fashion boutique called Kimski in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood in July, but Cho is still wondering if he made the right real estate decision....
FBI Moves to CMC in the New Year
Fashion Business Inc., the business incubator for small- to mid-size apparel companies, is packing its bags and moving from its long-time headquarters at The New Mart to a l...
A&F Renews CEO Contract
New Albany, N.Y.–based retail chain Abercrombie & Fitch Co. has struck a new contract with its chairman and chief execu...
YMI Launches Spring With a New Face
Actress Alexis Dziena is the new face for Los Angeles–based YMI Jeanswear’s Spring ’09 collection. ...
NPD: Consumers Spending Less
In what will probably be no surprise to many retailers, consumers are spending less this holiday season, according to a recent sur...
