The View From Hong Kong
The opening day of Hong Kong Fashion Week brought a slate of runway shows that demonstrated the breadth of offerings at the semiannual event, held July 10 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhi...
Keeping Up With China
The annual Apparel Conference of the Americas is being held July 31–Aug. 2 in Antigua, Guatemala. The theme is “one market, one region, one source.”...
DMC on a Brand-Building Binge
Dallas Market Center executives next month will launch a new marketing campaign aimed at strengthening the DMC’s brand across the apparel and home-furnishings trades....
New Bid for Barneys
New York–based apparel manufacturing giant Jones Apparel Group has received an unsolicited bid for its Barneys New York upscale retail chain for $900 million in cash from Japan-based Fast Retailing Co....
Have Boutique-Will Travel
In a crowded market for specialty boutiques, retailers are always scouting for a new niche that will make them stand out. Maggie Wachsberger is gambling that her travel bug will give jaded Los Angeles...
Fergie & Candie's
Single-named pop star Fergie, a singer with the Black Eyed Peas, has struck a deal with New York–based Iconix and Menomonee Falls, Wis.–based Kohl’s Department Stores to promote Candie’s brand apparel.(Iconix, owners of the Candie’s brand, struck an exclusive licensing deal wi...
Reversing the Trade Route
Want to find out how to export your brand to Hong Kong?...
Port Celebrates Centennial With L.A. by Design Event
A fashion show featuring Los Angeles designs modeled by city council members Eric Garcetti and Richard Alarcon will be the centerpiece of “L.A. by Design,” an event celebrating...
FBI Sets Dates for Gerber WebPDM Workshop
Fashion Business Inc. will conduct a four-week workshop on Gerber Technology WebPDM Aug. 4–25 at the FBI Resource Center in The New Mart building in Los Ang...
NRF Supports Retail Bill
The National Retail Federation announced its support of H.R. 2936, a new piece of legislation introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Richard Neal (D–Mass.). If passed, the law would shorten ...
Blue Cult Shakeup Continues
Sources close to embattled denim maker Blue Cult are reporting yet another changing of the guard....
Sullivan in at The Talbots
Former Liz Claiborne President Trudy F. Sullivan was named president and chief executive officer of The Talbots Inc. and has joined the board of directors of the Hingman, Mass.–based company. Sullivan ...
Retailer Survives quot;The Waitquot;
Do all good things come to those who wait? Los Angeles retailer Johnny Alper will soon find out....
Fashion's First Online-But What's Next for E-tail?
Every month 700,000 to 1 million people visit Greg Selkoe’s e-commerce business,
American Rag Founder Sues Tarrant, Guez
There appears to be dissension in the union between American Rag Cie LLC founder Mark Werts and Gerard Guez, chairman of the board and interim chief executive officer of Tarrant Appa...
