BB Dakota Joins Forces With Samsung
BB Dakota, the young contemporary brand based in Orange County, Calif., is shaking up its business model....
Survey Shows How Much Consumers Will Curtail Holiday Spending
Here’s a little insight into what shoppers might be doing this holiday season....
Law Firm Thelen Dissolves
After 84 years in business, Thelen LLP, an international law firm with offices in Los Angeles; San Francisco; New York; Florshy;ham Park, N.J.; Hartford, Conn.; San Jose, Calif.; Washington, ...
Hartmarx Delisted
The New York Stock Exchange LLC suspended trading on Hartmarx Corp.’s common stock beginning Nov. 26 because of a failure t...
Chinese Subsidies Anger U.S. Textile Companies
With apparel and textile quotas scheduled to expire at the end of this year on Chinese-made goods, a national trade group is urging the Obama administration to take action against the Asian giant for ...
True Aventura
Vernon-based premium-denim lifestyle brand True Religion Apparel Inc. opened a 2,057-square-foot store at the Aventura Mall in Ave...
Action-Sports Cos. Have Tough Third Quarter, Lower Full-Year Expectations
The third quarter wasn’t particularly kind to publicly held action-sports brands and retailers. Retailers Pacific Sunwear of California and Zumiez released their third-quarter earni...
Dalrymple Joins Fashion Bug
Bensalem, Pa.–based retail chain Charming Shoppes Inc. named Kady Dalrymple senior vice president for design and product de...
California's Commercial Real Estate Slows but Outpaces Others
Despite all the turmoil in the money markets and overall pressure on the economy, California commercial real estate withstood the challenges better than most parts of the country during the third quar...
Gottschalks Announces $30 Million Investment
After three years of poor business, department-store company Gottschalks Inc. might have found a savior for its long-running problems. On Nov. 21, the Fresno, Calif.–based retailer signed wha...
Yves Castaldi Shows at Film Festival
Los Angeles–based designer Yves Castaldi was selected to participate in the festivities at the third annual Chinese American Film Festival, held Nov. 6–16 at a variety of theaters around the San Gabriel Vall...
For Retail Liquidators, Business Is Booming as Others Go Bust
The gloom surrounding the retail industry is turning into a boom for the merchants of doom....
Bringing New Retail to Downtown L.A.
The Downtown Center Business Improvement District is calling on Los Angeles Fashion District workers and residents to complete a marketing survey aimed at luring national retailers to the are...
San Diego Convention Center Readies for Expansion
The San Diego Convention Center, home of the biannual Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo, is the target of a 500,000-square-foot expansion plan, aimed at luring large events and accom...
Fire Hits Garment Building for Third Time
For the third time in little more than a month, a fire broke out in a large downtown Los Angeles garment building that used to be the largest department store west of Chicago....
