Mexican Apparel Plants Are Diversifying for Self-Preservation
TIJUANA, Mexico—In an industrial park tucked away to the south of this border town, Prolink International Inc. has been making fleece jackets and T-shirts for years for such ...
JCPenney Expands in Inland Empire
JCPenney has signed a lease to occupy a 104,000-square-foot store at Rancho del Chino, a $90 million shopping center under development in Chino, Calif....
PacSun to Close 74 demos
Pacific Sunwear announced on Feb. 6 that it will close 74 of its 225 urban-themed demo stores. Sally Frame Kasaks, the teen retailer’s interim chief executive, also noted plans to debut a new...
Patagonia Expands Recycled-Fabric Program
Ventura, Calif.–based outdoor-apparel maker Patagonia Inc. has expanded its Common Threads Recycling Program to include Polartec products and cotton T-shirts....
New Show: Fo Sho Fo Show
Add another trade show to the Las Vegas lineup....
New CEO for TJX
Framingham, Mass.–based TJX Companies, operators of 826 T.J. Maxx and 751 Marshalls stores, named long-standing company board member Carol Meyrowitz chief executive officer. Meyrowitz will continue to serve as president of TJ...
Barneys, Kors Promise to Blossom at The Grove
The Grove developer Rick Caruso has branched out to the hospitality and the housing business, but in the next few months, he will get back to basics....
L.A. New U.S. Home for German Outerwear Line
Los Angeles is physically and ideologically thousands of miles away from the Wellensteyn core customer—and yet, as the 60-yearold German company prepares to introduce its line of cold-weather ...
Planet Funk: One Step Ahead With Premium Fashion
Planet Funk is on the move. The Los Angeles–based premium contemporary boutique chain is tentatively scheduled to open its 19th store at the exclusive Westfield San Francisco Centre o...
Shirley of Hollywood CFO Jon Schlobohm Retires
After over 46 years working at National Corset, Chief Financial Officer Jon Schlobohm has passed the torch on to the third generation of Schlobohms, with the announcement of his reti...
Consumers Step Up Spending, Says Commerce Department
If retailers noticed an increase in consumer spending in December, the notion was confirmed on Feb. 1 by the U.S. Commerce Department....
CFF Poker Tournament Raises $82K; Stop Staring! Designer Wins Top Prize
The California Fashion Foundation raised $82,000 for scholarship programs and charitable organizations at its second annual “Hold Em” Poker Tournament....
Cyber Skivvies
Lingerie retailers head to the Web...
Barbara Shifts to a U.S.-Based Subsidiary
The French lingerie company Barbara is ready to make a major presence in the U.S. market. In order to build a closer face-to-face relationship with its American customers, Barbara recently sh...
Kellwood Names e-Commerce Chief
St. Louis–based Kellwood Co. has named Tom Pastorello as director of e-commerce. Pastorello will manage e-commerce activities for all of Kellwood...
