Clean-Air Plan Choking Calif.'s Trucking Industry
Truckers are an independent breed, but the ones waiting in line for hours at the local ports for cargo wouldn’t mind becoming a little more organized....
The Ratings Guy Offers Superior Shopping Sites
A Google search currently reveals some 864 million results for the shopping category, making it more difficult than ever before for shoppers to find quality vendors—and for those vendors to find dedicated shoppers...
Blastmaster: Plans Hatched
Can a streetwear business incubator find the juice to get a hip-hop clothing line started? Andy Howell is ready to take that gamble. The founder of the La Jolla, Calif.–based Egg Proj...
CIC Lands Korean Lingerie Firm
CIC Holding Co. Inc. acquired MCORSET, an 8-year-old lingerie company based in Korea, in a stock-purchase transaction. MCORSET produces lingerie under the Lefee, Kiss Republic, Suane and Fashino brands, and sells to ...
Tiara to Launch Weekend Breakfast, Dinners
The Tiara Cafeacute;, located in The New Mart building in the Los Angeles Fashion District, is expanding its hours of operation, opening for breakfast and lunch on Saturdays...
Antik Accessorizes
Commerce, Calif.–based premium-denim brand Antik Denim LLC, a division of Blue Holdings Inc., signed a licensing agreement with Max Ray Inc. for a line of accessorie...
Designer Jill Richards, 85
Designer Jill Richards died on April 21 of natural causes. She was 85 years old....
Alternative Altruism
Atlanta-based T-shirt maker Alternative Apparel is the official apparel partner for two upcoming fund-raising events for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation— the Kids For Kids Family Carnival event in New York on M...
Antik Goes Abroad
Commerce-based denim maker Blue Holdings Inc., which produces the premium-jeans brand Antik Denim, struck a licensing deal with French licensing company Mercier SARL to produce and distribute Antik De...
Rainbow Coalition
Three leaders in color technology discuss the latest innovations in creating vivid color quickly and reliably ...
Wave of the Future
Product Lifecycle Management software, while not new, has just begun to ride the crest of the wave ...
IPATH Acquired
Torrance-based skate show company IPATH has been acquired by Stratham, N.H.–based footwear and outdoor apparel maker Timberland Co. for an undisclosed amount. IPATH founders Brian Krauss and Matt Field...
IMG Moves Fashion Week Dates
IMG, the New York–based producer of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios, has set the dates for the Los Angeles event a week earlier than Los Angeles Fashion Market...
Trunk LTD Gets New Owner, Recruits Duarte
Beverly Hills–based Live Nation, a music-venue management company, has acquired the remaining interest in Trunk LTD, a Culver City, Calif.–based maker of music-licensed T-shirts and co...
Rudes Named FIG's Man of the Year
The Fashion Industries Guild of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center will bestow the honor of its “Man of the Year” award later this year on denim v...
