LENY Trade Show to Bow in New York
Londonedge NY is set to bow at Pier 92 in New York in July with a roster that will include punk- and rock ’n’ roll–inspired clothing, accessories, footwear and gifts....
Getting Intimate
Kohl’s is getting into the intimate-apparel business. The department-store chain based in Menomonee Falls, Wis., is launching its first private label, called Moments. It also has two other exclusive in...
Gerber Expands in Vietnam
Tolland, Conn.–based Gerber Technology has bought out Schmidt Vietnam Co. Ltd., its agent and distributor in Hanoi, Vietnam. Going forward, Gerber will operate the unit as a company-owned enterprise....
Retailers Make Big Gains in E-Commerce Sales
Move over, Microsoft. For the very first time, online apparel sales outpaced computer-product sales in 2006. Apparel is No. 1 for all non-travel-related e-commerce sales, according to a rece...
Get Out Your Toilet Paper
For the third year in a row, Cheap-Chic-Weddings.com will host its “Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest.”...
Students Mount Campaign For Sweatshop-Free Apparel
In a flashback to the sweatshop protests of the 1980s and 1990s, students once again are hoisting picket signs and staging campus sit-ins to demand administrators get tough with stringent anti-sweatsh...
MAGIC Names Group-Sales Director
Woodland Hills, Calif.–based MAGIC International, producer of the MAGIC Marketplace trade show in Las Vegas, named Karalynne Sprouse group-sales director for the trade show....
Former Trovata Principals Launch New Label
Jeff Halmos and Sam Shipley, half of the original dream team that turned the contemporary brand Trovata into a fashion darling, are set to debut Shipley & Halmos, their new men’s and wome...
Container Bill Heads to Senate Floor
A controversial state bill to charge a $30 fee for every 20-foot container coming through three of California’s biggest ports could be headed for a vote on the state Senate floor the week of June 4....
Next-Generation Textiles
Studio Bert Forma carries on the tradition of seeking new lines and new business ...
Name Game
Shareholders at the annual Federated Department Stores Inc. meeting in Cincinnati voted to change the corporate name to Macy’s Inc., effective June 1. The $27 billion company acquired the May Department Stores Co. in 2005, changing t...
Bag it, Please
Blue-jeans maker True Religion Apparel Inc. is branching out into the handbag business. The Los Angeles–based company has signed a licensing agreement with Jacobs & Leslie Hsu Designs, a designer a...
Hip City to Meet Hip Brand Store
As they say in real estate, “Location, location, location.”...
David Loren Expands Private-Label Business
Former Max Studio and BCBG executive David Loren has launched a private-label business to augment his branded business sold through the Beverly Hills–based David Loren Collec...
Apartment 3 Goes Downtown
Kristin Knauff’s destination shop for independent designers, Apartment 3, is on the move....
