DDL's New Women's Collection-for quot;Denim Aficionadosquot;
After breaking into the denim game with a kit that let denimheads customize their premium denim, San Clemente, Calif.–based Denim Design Lab is continuing its push as a denim manufacturer....
Innovo, Beyond Blue Settle Legal Issues
Commerce, Calif.–based Innovo Group Inc. and Los Angeles–based Beyond Blue Inc. have reached a settlement relating to litigation and arbitration claims filed against each other in May....
Animation May Be the Next Big Thing in Apparel Design
In “Ratatouille,” Disney/Pixar’s latest computergenerated feature film, about rodents in Paris, the animation technology used reached a new plateau, bringing characters—and their costumes...
Matchmaking at Material World N.Y.
Material World New York, set for Sept. 25–27, will feature a new matchmaking service aimed at bringing retailers and brands together with domestic and international manufacturers and suppliers...
United States and S. Korea Sign Free-Trade Agreement
A free-trade agreement signed June 30 between the United States and South Korea still must be approved by the U.S. Congress before it takes effect....
Taking a Fashionable Look at Compensation
CFA and 24Seven Release 2007 Salary Survey ...
DBLA's Cyber Life After Relaunch
DBLA, the Los Angeles–based manufacturer formerly known as Double A, just launched its new Web site (
Marketing Eco-Fashion Presents a Whole New Ballgame
The growing popularity of eco-friendly fashion is spawning a new wave of “eco-marketing,” which has some fashion companies heading into the unfamiliar areas of environmental activism and...
MyShape Gets New Round of Funding
Pasadena, Calif.–based MyShape (
Slow and Steady Wins the Day for Retailers in June '07
Analysts were expecting June to be a sluggish month for sales, yet many forecasts were beaten when retailers reported their monthly sales results on July 11. However, they did not beat the forecasts b...
Brands Up for Review at Liz
New York–based Liz Claiborne Inc. announced more structural changes for the company, including reviewing and considering strategic alternatives of its 16 apparel brands and a layoff of up to 9...
Boneparth Out, Card and McClain in at Jones
New York–based Jones Apparel Group announced the appointment of Wesley R. Card as president and chief executive officer of the manufacturing giant following the resi...
Holly Morgan: Timeless Contemporary
After launching juniors brand XOXO with her then-husband, Gregg Fiene, and later heading up Rampage’s design and merchandising, designer Holly Fiene has had her fill of trend-chasing and fast fashion...
Guess Gets Sourcing Software
Guess? Inc. is investing in emerging sourcing software from New York–based TradeCard Inc. ...
Limited Sells Limited, Express
Columbus, Ohio–based retail giant Limited Brands Inc. inked a definitive agreement to transfer a 75 percent ownership interest in its Limited Stores business to affiliates of Sun Capital Partners, which will inject $50 million in equ...
