Longtime CMC Worker A.B. Jackson Retires After 41 Years
California Market Center tenants gathered on Feb. 1 for a party in honor of A.B. Jackson, who ran the CMC’s mailroom for 41 years. ...
Sypder Buys Cloudveil
Boulder, Colo.–based ski brand Spyder Active Sports purchased Jackson, Wyo.–based technical-outerwear company Cloudvei l Mountai n Works for an undisclosed amount. Cloudveil will continue to operate as a separa...
January '08 Sales Weak
January sales were weak, growing a scant 0.5 percent compared with the same month in 2007, according to the New York–based International Council of Shopping Centers. ICSC economist Mi...
Denim Emerges as Focus for Surf Brands
Denim and action sports have always gone hand-in-hand, from the days the Dogtown boys changed the face of skateboarding while competing in a uniform of ...
Zovo Loungewear Launches Ready-to-Wear
Zovo, the Seattle-based retailer and manufacturer of lingerie and loungewear, plans to introduce Ready-to-Wear, another building block to its growing business, at the upcoming Feb. 12–15 run...
Tarrant, American Rag Head Back to Court
The partnership between American Rag Cie LLC and Tarrant Apparel has entered a litigious new phase....
Seven Licensing/Tarrant Heads Downtown
Seven Licensing Company LLC/ Tarrant Apparel Group will debut corporate showroom space for contemporary brands in an 8,000-square-foot showroom space in Los Angeles’ bustling Fashion District,...
Hot Kiss Sells Majority Stake
Moshe Tsabag, founder of the Los Angeles–based Hot Kiss juniors brand, has sold a majority stake of the company to Bluestar Alliance, a private-equity fund on the growth track....
Trashy Lingerie Launches Wholesale Division
Los Angeles–based retailer Trashy Lingerie’s made-to-order lingerie and costume designs have been seen in hundreds of movies, TV shows and commercials. Since the 1980s, Trashy Lingerie has supplied e...
MAGIC Moves to Three-Day Format in August
MAGIC is getting more concentrated....
Nike/Umbro Deal Approved
Shareholders of London-based umbro approved the Scheme of Arrangement with beaverton, Ore.–based Nike Inc., which was required to facilitate the acquisition of umbro, a u.K.-based global soccer brand f...
Cumulation Setback
Provision to send Mexican fabric duty free to Central America gets delayed ...
California on the Schedule at N.Y. Fashion Week
NEW YORK—More than 20 California designers are participating in New York Fashion Week this season. (Shows officially began on Feb. 1, although Band of Outsiders/Boy kicked off the wee...
Kumi Kookoon
Jennifer Chang of Los Angeles–based Kumi Kookoon is an accountant-turned-designer with a specialty in fine silks. Chang launched the brand in 2003 with a silk bedding line and added s...
Worlds Apart: Two Indie Retailers Tap Eco Trend With Mixed Results
For a new crop of eco retailers, it’s the best of times and worst of times....
