Quiksilver to Sell Ski Brand
Citing warm weather, pressure from shareholders and a gloomy economy, Quiksilver has announced its intent tosell Rossignol, its French ski apparel and hardgoods brand. Acquired in 20...
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Mall Protesters
The California Supreme Court on Dec. 24 ruled in a close 4–3 decision that shopping centers are now fair grounds for free speech....
In Bloom by Jonquil
Described as “flirtatious sleepwear, loungewear and playwear, In Bloom by Jonquil is based on a figure-flattering molded-cup bra built into chemises, camisoles and other lingerie items...
Avery Joins the Iron-On Wave
Brea, Calif.–based tags-and-label maker Avery Dennison Office Products Co. is jumping on the iron-on tee trend with its new Stretchable Fabric Transfers. The transfers feature Avery’s trademarked Softstretch formula, w...
Spreegirl
Launched in 2006, Los Angeles–based lingerie brand Spreegirl is targeted to fashion-forward women ages 18 to 30 and is stocked in over 140 retailers, including Von Maur Department Stores, Urban Out...
ASR: Steady and Reserved
After a sluggish holiday season, surf, skate and streetwear retailers converged on San Diego for the concurrent Jan. 24–26 runs of the Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo and the Agend...
Men's Buyers Focus On High-Percentage Items at New Westcoast Trend Show
The better-grade to luxury class of apparel historically has been somewhat immune to economic downturns, but the current state of the market may even put a dent in that end of the business, ...
Dallas Market Center to Manage Colombia Trade Mart
Dallas-based Market Center Management Co. (MCMC) has reached an agreement with two Latin American companies to help develop and operate the proposed Latin America Trade Mart, a 2.5 m...
New Nordstrom Announced for O.C.
Nordstrom Inc. has signed a letter of intent with The Irvine Company to open a 138,000-square-foot Nordstrom store at the Fashion Island shopping center in Newport Beach, Ca...
Bebe Looks to Outside Designers to Boost Sales
Bebe Stores Inc. is debuting a new capsule collection called Tara Subkoff for Bebe on Feb. 2. It will be the first of the mall-based retailer’s series of collaborations with up-and-coming, bu...
Felina Launches Sleepwear
Sophisticated and romantic foundations lingerie has been the cornerstone of Chatsworth, Calif.–based Felina for 25 years. For Fall 2008, parent company Piege is expanding Felina’s Eur...
ASR/Foam Bring Back the Brat Pack
The Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo and Foam magazine presented a “Breakfast Club: Return of the High School Clique”–themed...
School of Rock
Visitors to the Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo got a dose of ’80s-era nostalgia when show organizers presented a runway show inspired by John Hughes’ 1985 film “The Breakfast Club.” A ...
Wet Seal Cuts 41 Jobs
Wet Seal Inc.’s comparable-sales performance has steadily improved in the past few months, jumping from a decline of 7 percent in September 2007 to an increase of 0.6 percent in December 2007. Yet Ed ...
American Apparel Legal Update
More than two years after its initial filing, a wrongful-termination and sexual-harassment suit filed by former employee Mary Nelson against Los Angeles garment maker American Apparel Inc. an...
