Penney's Plans
J.C. Penney Co. has been boosting its label count and expanding its product mix to counter a tough selling season. It is launching a new juniors label called Decree just in time for the Back-...
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
An international fashion-house consulting firm partners with Avery Dennison to bring you the latest technology to a store near you...
Economy Has the Apparel Industry Cooling Its Heels
With the winds of recession blowing over Southern California, many apparel makers and retailers are battening down the hatches until the economic outlook improves. Clothing makers and store owners are...
PLM: The Next Generation
Efficiency-process software evolves to fit the needs of apparel makers...
Sourcing at MAGIC Moves to Four-Day Format
Earlier this year, MAGIC International announced plans to switch its apparel trade show, the MAGIC Marketplace, from a four-day to a three-day format beginning in August in Las Vegas...
Customization for the Masses
It is no longer an off-the-rack-world, with computer programs making custom fashions available to all...
New Vegas Project to Replace Sands Expo Center
The developers of The Venetian and Palazzo resorts in Las Vegas have filed plans with Clark County, Nev., to build a 1.2-million-square-foot convention center just south of ...
Latin American Manufacturers Make a Pitch at Material World
MIAMI BEACH, FLA.—Western Hemisphere manufacturers showing at the April 8–10 run of the Material World trade show in Miami Beach, Fla., are still confident that they can make a differe...
BPMW Launches Men's Footwear Show
Media agency BPMW, the organizer of Capsule, the new boutique menswear show in New York, is focusing its aesthetic on shoes. Compass, a men’s footwear show, will debut July...
Headhunters Merge
24 Seven Inc., an employment agency for the fashion industry, has completed its acquisition of Gromwell Group LLC. Gromwell declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January after it lost a lawsuit with rival...
By the Numbers
Cherokee Inc., which licenses brands for clothing and shoes, said its fourth-quarter earnings dove by 86 percent to $2.8 million on $8.7 million in net revenues. The Los Angeles–based company attribute...
The Lab Developer Plans Organic Foods Center in Portland, Ore.
The Lab founder and niche-market developer Shaheen Sadeghi has set his sights on organic foods for his latest project....
Quiksilver Lands Latest Victory Over Roxy Name
After a six-year tussle over competing trademarks, Quiksilver Inc. has won the latest and perhaps last legal round in its case against a small Los Angeles apparel manufacturer that had a simi...
S.F. Design Schools Partner for Charity Fashion Show
Sustainably chic fashion and philanthropy will merge at the upcoming Discarded to Divine charity event in San Francisco....
Long Beach, Calif.: New Looks on a Vintage Street
For those on a quest for Elvis Presley–era biker jackets, one place to search is Retro Row in Long Beach, Calif. But Graham Day thinks the Southern California city’s venerable vintage ...
