JCP's Alcorn Retires
Plano, Texas–based J.C. Penney Co. Inc. announced the retirement of longtime executive William Alcorn, the company’s senior vice president, controller and chief procurement officer for non-resale goods and services. Al...
REI's Solar Retrofit
Seattle-based outdoor gear and clothing co-op Recreational Equipment Inc. announced plans to retrofit more than 10 percent of its stores with solar electric technology this year. In all, 11 stores will receive the so...
Emmy Exhibition Returns to FIDM Museum
The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising will open its third annual “Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design” exhibition on July 29 at...
Dallas Group Plans New L.A. Textile Show
Los Angeles is becoming the hot spot for textile shows....
Store Closures Add Another Stake to Economic Downturn
California’s retail landscape is being pelted by a spate of store closures by national retailers. That could spell trouble for many real estate investors, but, at the same time, the news may open up op...
Swell Launches Private-Label Collection
Shoppers will find a new brand in Swell’s summer 2008 catalog....
Marquise: Rock-Inspired and Ready for Tour
Designers Jeanell Suggs and Gladys Tamez are shedding their sweet side. The duo recently closed their line of baby-doll and trapeze dresses, Franny, which soldin Ron Herman...
Fiore Acquired
Los Angeles–based luxury handbag label Isabella Fiore was purchased by New York–based FAB/Starpoint, a manufacturer of licensed and private-label merchandise. Debbie Coleman, president and chief executi...
L.A's Crocker Street Emerges as a Wholesale Destination
Crocker Street, a narrow two-lane road that runs down the eastern boundary of the Los Angeles Fashion District, is becoming the new wholesaling hot spot for discount juniors fashion and acces...
Contemporary Boom Tightens Showroom Space in Dallas
The contemporary marketplace in Dallas is growing. In fact, it’s busting at the seams. That has put the pressure on the city’s real estate options for wholesalers, many of whom are from the West Coast. ...
Green Acres
Chicago’s Merchandise Mart takes the LEED in environmental consciousness ...
Arturo Rios Hats
ACCIDENTALHATTER: Arturo Rios never dreamed that a part-time job packing boxes in the shipping department of hat manufacturer Fashion Matrix Inc. would eventually lead to becoming a hat designer. The owner...
Ecko and the Jets
Marc Ecko Enterprises has struck an agreement with the New York Jets to design uniforms for the 2008 New York Jets Flight Crew, a team of dancers, flag runners and athletes who perform at New York Jets events...
West Coast-Focused Trade Event to Debut in N.Y.
Matt Meyerson, the former senior vice president of product placement at BWR Public Relations, is leveraging his industry contacts to launch Expose NY, a fashion showcase of West Coast desig...
