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...
Zuhhah: Flirty and Feminine
Joo Ha’s Beau Bois line, which launched in 2001, supplies trendy item tops, dresses and jackets to the young contemporary racks of Macy’s, Bloomingdales and...
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. ...
Cochran Joins Delta#039;s Board
Duluth, Ga.–based Delta Apparel, Inc., owners of Junk Food Clothing Co., named James “Al” Cochran to the comp...
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 ...
Tattoo Art and Breast-Cancer Research Inspire New Tops Lines
Funny how life imitates art...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
YMI Launches Spring With a New Face
Actress Alexis Dziena is the new face for Los Angeles–based YMI Jeanswear’s Spring ’09 collection. ...
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. ...
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...
