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....
Fortune Denim: Asian Fusion, California Style
After a soft Spring 2007 launch, designer Karen Noseff is pulling out the stops for her Fall 2007 collection of Fortune Denim. “I feel like this is my true launch. It’s a full ...
Despite Competition, Project N.Y. Still Going Strong.
NEW YORK—The Jan. 22–24 run of contemporary menswear show Project Global Trade Show in New York bowed with a new location, a new winter-themed look and inten...
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...
Fashion District Revamps
Visitors to the Los Angeles Fashion District may soon notice additional construction in the 90-block area in downtown, when workers begin upgrading sidewalks and other common areas t...
Frank Dandy Superwear Flies Into the U.S.
Brian Johnson hopes to introduce funky Swedish style into the United States as the distributor for the Swedish brand Frank Dandy....
Fabrics Score Over Denim at West Coast Exclusive
Menswear companies unveiled their Fall lines at the West Coast Exclusive show Jan. 28–29 in Los Angeles, and there were few surprises as denim appeared to be taking on a smaller role. Vendors ...
Visual Marketing Hits the Small Time
The big visual LCD displays usually found at sporting events and in front of large shopping centers are starting to crop up in downsized mode at smaller retail venues....
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...
Mellow Market for ASR and Agenda
SAN DIEGO—Buyers were roaming the aisles, but many exhibitors at the Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo and Agenda trade show, held concurrently Jan. 25–27 in San Diego, repor...
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...
Undrest
BRAZILIAN BOOTIES: After Maria Paz Navales went to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, her outlook on the bum was forever changed. Navales modeled her intimate-apparel line, Undrest, after the...
Condessa: Lingerie for Fashionable New Moms
According to Condessa Inc. lingerie founder and President Cynthia Cuprill, new mothers breast-feed for an average of three to six months. That was too long for Cuprill to trade in her pretty ...
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....
