New Consumer Product Safety Regulations Set for 2009
Apparel manufacturers have one year to prepare for the effects of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. Introduced late in 2007 in reaction to a rash of safety scares and mass recalls connected...
End of an Era for Mervyns
After 60 years in business, Hayward-based Mervyns announced plans to liquidate its remaining 149 stores and sell off approximately $900 million in remaining merchandise, including clothing, footwear, ...
ACG Plans State of Apparel Industry Panel
The economic well-being of the apparel industry is the subject of the monthly breakfast meeting of the Association of Corporate Growth scheduled for Nov. 12....
New Designers in Play at Arcade Boutique
Despite a weak economy, the Melrose Place district of Los Angeles continues to attract designer fashion stores. Novice retailer Rochelle Gores chose the fashionable neighborhood as the site of her fi...
U.S. Government to Monitor Apparel Imports From China
Quotas on all U.S. apparel imports coming from China
Babakul
All signs on Kym Gold-Lubell’s Babakul pants point to denim. There are long stay stitches, rivet hardware, bar-tack stitching and embroidered pockets. But Babakul is...
Alleged L.A. Fashion District Robbers Arrested
From May to September, up to three suspected bandits committed a string of 10 muggings and armed robberies in the greater Fashion District, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The three m...
Blue Holdings, Headgear in Joint Venture to Expand Labels
Blue Holdings Inc., a Los Angeles denim company, will be expanding its labels in a joint venture with a Virginia apparel company....
Skechers S.F.
Skechers S.F. Manhattan Beach–based footwear brand Skechers USA Inc. opened a flagship store on Powell Street near San Francisco’s Union Square neighborhood. The 7,500-square-foot, three-story store carries 800 Skecher...
New Bloomie's Concept in Santa Monica
Santa Monica Place will be saying goodbye to its Macy’s and hello to a new kind of Bloomingdale’s....
Panicked Retailers Start Holiday Sales Early
At JCPenney, the frost wasn’t even off the Halloween pumpkins when the mid-tier department store pulled out a red pen and slashed by 50 percent the price on many of the store’s colorful Christm...
O'Neill Clothing to Launch Kids' Collection
O’Neill Clothing USA will debut a collection of surf-inspired apparel for girls ages 2 to 6 for Spring 2009. A division of Irvine, Calif.–based licensee La Jolla Group, O’Neill Clothing already makes juniors and girls...
E-tail Experience
A recent Consumer Reports study found L.L. Bean, Zappos and Lands’ End among the top-rated e-tailers for quality, “more-accurate descriptions and sizing information, an informative Web site, and an eas...
Hispanic-Themed Section to Bow at MAGIC in February
In February, the MAGIC Marketplace will bow MAGIA, a new section created for retailers looking to tap into the Hispanic market. ...
Double RL Finds Happy Trails on Melrose
Ralph Lauren is on the move in Los Angeles. On Sept. 19, a Ralph Lauren boutique opened at 141 N. Robertson Blvd. The New York–based fashion house opened a large, 2,600-square-foot Ralph Lauren’s Double RL store on Oct....
