Fruit of the Loom Buys VF Intimates
Greensboro, N.C.–based VF Corp. inked a deal with Fruit of the Loom to sell its global intimates business to the Bowling Green, Ky.–based subsidiary of Omaha, Neb.–based Berkshire-Hathaway Inc. for $350 million ...
Quiksilver to Launch Bluetooth Tech Wear
Action-sports brand Quiksilver is entering the world of wearable technology. The Huntington Beach, Calif.–based company is teaming with Santa Cruz, Calif.–based audio-electron...
Natasha Raj: Indian Heritage, L.A. Style
Natasha Raj’s self-named clothing line is a varied jumble of silk chiffon dresses, printedcotton skirts and mod-graphic T-shirts, yet the influence of Raj’s childhood home of India is a unifying thread ...
Catalogs Merge
Warren, Pa.–based catalog retailer Blair Corp. inked a deal with Beverly, Mass.–based Appleseed’s Topco Inc. to be acquired by Appleseed’s, a portfolio company of San Francisco–based investment group Golden Gate Capital. Blair will operate as a wholly o...
Strong Turnout at ISS Long Beach
Nearly 6,000 people walked the aisles at the Long Beach Convention Center on opening day of the Jan. 19–21 run of the Imprinted Sportswear Show, held in Long Beach, Calif....
ApparelMagic Adds New Clients
Glendale, Calif.–based Murphy & Associates, developer of ApparelMagic business software, has added a number of new clients to its customer base....
NGC Steps Up Presence in Northeast
Miami-based New Generation Computing is taking a bigger chunk out of the Big Apple. The software provider is expanding its staff and physical presence in New York in response to customer dema...
Ambission: Hard Working and Anti-Establishment
Dustin and Dylan Odbert found an unlikely route into the apparel industry. In 2002, a friend was struck by a train and landed in the hospital with severe injuries and a pile of medical bills. “We start...
Interactive Store Technology the Buzz at NRF
Technology executives offered retailers at the Jan. 14–17 run of the National Retail Federation Conference a first-hand view of the future of interactive retailing that employs the co...
Maternity, Baby Show Bows at Cooper
The top floor of the Cooper Design Space hosted the debut Jan. 23–24 run of Mom2B, a trade show for buyers and manufacturers of pregnancy-related products....
More Action-Sports Brands Heading to O.C.
Orange County, Calif., continues to be the focal point of an ongoing influx for out-of-state action-sports brands. Two more companies have relocated to the area....
Hong Kong Fashion Week Sees a Dip in U.S. Buyers
HONG KONG—Amidst the endless rows of printed dresses, striped shirts, faded blue jeans and fur jackets lined up inside the cavernous exhibition halls of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition...
American Apparel Secures Financing
Los Angeles–based American Apparel completed a $41 million secured-debt financing with a private investment company, which will help the vertical T-shirt maker refinance its existing debt and continue its expansion at retail....
Former Columbia Exec Joins Quik's Rossignol Unit
Huntington Beach, Calif.–based surf maker Quiksilver Inc. tapped Jose M. Garcia to head up Quik’s Rossignol softgoods business for the Americas....
CEO Pressler Leaves Gap
San Francisco–based retail giant Gap Inc. announced that its board and Chief Executive Officer Paul Pressler “mutually agreed” that Pressler would step down from his position imm...
