Invista & OSHA
Fiber maker Invista inked a deal with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration at Invista’s Victoria, Texas, manufacturing site to “collaborate, share knowledge and further strengthen the safety and he...
Goody's Closes 69 Stores
Northbook, Ill.–based retail chain Goody’s Family Clothing Stores is shuttering 69 stores in a strategic-initiatives program managed by Hilco Merchant Resources LLC, a division of The Hilco Organization...
Palmer in at Kellwood
St. Louis–based Kellwood Co. named Brenda Palmer vice president of licensing. Her first duty will be to assist Kellwood’s Vince brand launch its licensing platform. The longtime apparel and consumer-goods execu...
Hot Tuna's New Surf Spot: Downtown L.A.
To make a splash in the surf industry, Niels Juul gambled that his company, Hot Tuna International Inc., would have to play the outsider. So he recently moved Hot Tuna away from Orange County, Calif.—home to ...
Krantz Promoted at MAGIC
Advanstar Communications—producer of the MAGIC Marketplace, Project Global Trade Show and Pooltradeshow—has promoted Sherrie Krantz to vice president of mar...
Louis Verdad Inc. Loses Battle With Factor
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge granted a default judgment against Louis Verdad Inc. in a case brought against the Los Angeles designer by his former factor, Kracksmith I...
CMC's L.A. Textile Show Partners With Turkish Group, WGSN
The California Market Center has announced several new partnerships planned for the upcoming Los Angeles International Textile Show, set for Oct. 27–29 at the CMC....
Alp-n-Rock: Taking Tees to New Heights
The luxe T-shirt is taken to new places with the introduction of Alp-n-Rock, a tops line due out this fall from Escondido, Calif., designer and former Swiss resident Susanne Reich...
Quiksilver Launches Hang Ten With Kohl's
Huntington Beach, Calif.–based surf giant Quiksilver has signed a licensing agreement with Menomonee Falls, Wis.–based big-box retailer Kohl’s Corp. for Hang Ten. Originally a ...
GlobalTex Names First Members of West Coast Team
The organizers of GlobalTex, the biannual textile show that debuts in Los Angeles next year, have two new people on their West Coast team to help put together the event....
Karen Kane Buys Blue Tattoo Denim Line
It’s funny how friendships work....
New L.A. Headquarters for Warnaco Swim
Come September, the Warnaco Swimwear Group, a division of New York–based apparel giant Warnaco Group, will have new digs at the Los Angeles Center Studios i...
Pink Mascara: Leaving Its Own Mark
As the name suggests, Pink Mascara (
Health Benefit Deal at Port
Contract negotiations between longshore workers and shippers took a positive turn when the two sides announced they had reached an agreement on health-care benefits....
Mo Money
Los Angeles–based Mo Industries Holding Inc., owners of the Splendid and Ella Moss brands, struck a deal with Greensboro, N.C.–based VF Corp. to sell a minority of its capital stock to the manufacturing giant. The deal paves t...
