Designers Shine at Debut of South Coast Plaza's Bloomie's
Bloomingdale’s is on a California land rush. ...
Talking PLM With NGC's Fred Isenberg
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) continues to be a hot topic among apparel-industry executives as they look for ways to cut costs and improve productivity. Using electronic task managers and extensi...
Quiksilver Lands New CFO, COO
Huntington Beach, Calif.–based surf giant Quiksilver has announced the appointment of Joe Scirocco as its new chief financial officer. Scirocco, who last served as the chief financial officer...
Eleksen Opens Bay Area Office
United Kingdom–based Eleksen Group Plc., which markets “smart fabrics” that integrate iPods and other electronic devices into clothing, has opened new offices in San Fra...
Vietnam Views
The United States Department of Commerce recently began to monitor goods imported to the U.S. from Vietnam to watch for anti-dumping activities, and two major trade associations are not happy about it...
Tracy McWilliams: Express Yourself
Happy prints and playful colors are signatures of Tracy McWilliams’ self-named clothing line. McWilliams’ floodgate of pattern and hue makes up for the 12 years she spent wearing a uniform of black or g...
PacSun Gets Space-Age Sales Analyzer
Anaheim, Calif.–based retailer Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. continues to enhance its back-office technology initiatives. Its latest venture has the retailer using business-intel...
Digital Textile Printing Continues Upswing
Digital technology is the fastest-growing method of printing textiles, according to a report from United Kingdom–based researcher Textile Outlook International....
Filly Hosts Quail Trunk Show
It was an inadvertent woodland creature–themed party on April 19 at Filly on West Third Street in Los Angeles. The specialty boutique Filly hosted a trunk show for Long Beach, Calif...
MJW Opens Sales for Fashion District Lofts
Santa Monica, Calif.–based MJW Investments has released the last phase of lofts at Santee Village, located in the Los Angeles Fashion District....
Gerber Names PLM Manager
Technology veteran Richard Farb has been named strategic PLM/PDM account manager for Tolland, Conn.–based Gerber Technology....
Milo: Contemporary Classics
Los Angeles–based Milo handbags is making its debut with a collection of chic, functional styles. Business partners Sarah Tyerman and Lu Lopez hope their bags will be conside...
Blackhart Brotherhood: Core for Hire
With an in-your-face aesthetic and an outsider’s mentality, boutique design and marketing firm Blackhart Brotherhood is hellbent on staying core and bringing a sense of irreverence ba...
Malawi Calling
The drum rhythms coming from the Max Azria store had their roots in West Africa, but the focus of an April 19 fundraiser at the Los Angeles Max Azria boutique was the nation of Malawi in sout...
Corel in Joint Venture for Design Pack
The Ottawa, Canada–based Corel Corp. and CDESIGN have teamed for a new CAD product, which uses Corel’s popular CorelDRAW graphics engine and a database of about 18,000 existin...
