Savi Moves RFID Beyond the Container
Radio Frequency Identification technology—better known as RFID—is helping retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores and Target track products coming into their warehouses, but more co...
Hale Bob Launches Handbags
Hale Bob, the Vernon, Calif.–based maker of flirty tops and dresses, has announced the launch of its first handbag collection. Debuting with 25 handbags and evening bags in six capsules, Hale Bob’s newest add...
The Aura Test
Feminine, contemporary fashions have ruled the boutiques of Santa Monica’s Montana Avenue for the past two decades. Yet Kristin Eberts wanted to find out how far she could push the limits of f...
Tim's Take: Dress for Success
It was standing-room-only in the Museum & Galleries at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising when students, faculty and those-in-the-know turned out to hear “Project Runway...
E-tailing a Hot Topic at FGI Panel
Online shopping emerged as the dominant theme of discussion at Fashion Group International’s “Innovative Retail Icons” event at the Chamberlain hotel in West Ho...
Unifi Shuts Recently Acquired Plant in S.C.
Five months after it purchased a textile facility in Dillon, S.C., fiber maker Unifi Inc. announced plans to shut it down by the end of July and move the plant’s equipment and some of the staff to Uni...
Hard Rock Leads Hotel, Trade Expansion in Vegas
Las Vegas’ trade-show scene continues to expand as a number of big real estate projects gets underway, bringing more choice hotel and convention space to the city over the next couple of years....
Apparel Customs Chief to Speak in Los Angeles
Current textile investigations and seizures, ghost factories in Asia, identity theft of U.S. firms, and shipments of denim jeans being stopped at numerous U.S. ports will be among the topics...
Designers Look to Make Big Splash on Third
Los Angeles’ West Third Street has developed a reputation as being the address for some of the city’s most fashion-forward retail. Carol Rodan and Chris Griffith hope that the street’s ...
Made in California: A Special Report
Even as the number of manufacturers producing clothing and accessories overseas grows, many U.S. companies still choose to produce domestically. California ranks high among production locales, with Lo...
Quiksilver Continues Executive Shuffle
On the heels of hiring new chief operating and financial officers, Huntington Beach, Calif.–based surf giant Quiksilver has announced the appointment of two new executives. Steve Tully, form...
City of Hope to Honor Ball
Premium-denim maven Michael Ball, chief executive and founder of the Los Angeles–based Rock & Republic brand of apparel and accessories, is the Apparel...
AE's Mall World
Warrendale, Pa.–based retailer American Eagle Outfitters is producing a 12-episode comedy series called “It’s a Mall World” for broadcast on the company’s Web site www...
L.A., L.B. Ports Hit Record Levels
The U.S. economy may be slowing down, but it wasn’t evident at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, where trade is booming....
49 Square Miles
San Francisco–based private-label design and manufacturing house G. Hensler & Co. built its reputation as an accessories manufacturer making handbags, b...
