PinkCaddi: Changing the Look of Golf
Cathy Le’s background characteristics don’t add up to the stereotypical golfer. Le’s family does not belong to a country club. The daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, Le was the first in her family to gra...
Randy Calls All Party Girls
Main Street in Huntington Beach, Calif., has been called the Rodeo Drive of surf retailing, but Alan Hall thinks an important demographic has been mostly overlooked on this thoroughfare. It’s the night...
TraceyRoss.com: Bringing the Boutique Experience
A fashion fixture for over 15 years, the Tracey Ross boutique on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, Calif., has been in the forefront when it came to showcasing the latest in high-end design...
Perilman Joins Denim Label
Sometimes cutthroat competition can turn into cutting-edge business partnerships....
Kitson Bows in London, Dubai
Kitson is a fixture on Los Angeles’ stylish Robertson Boulevard, but its concept will be traveling to Harrods in London and to Dubai, said Fraser Ross, Kitson’s founder....
Hot Kiss Goes to South Korea
Los Angeles–based junior apparel maker Hot Kiss will enter the South Korean market via an exclusive international distribution agreement struck with Korean retailer, marketer and wholesaler YKI Inc. Van Nuys–ba...
Residential Developers Eying More Retail Properties
The hot housing market, which lately has been trickling into metropolitan areas, has led residential developers on an all-out search for available land, but with little available, they are starting to...
Karen Kane, Tadashi Reap Awards in Dallas
Karen Kane and Tadashi were among the Los Angeles–based labels that were recognized during the 31st Annual Dallas Fashion Awards,...
Interactive Merchandising Grows for Bay Area Company
San Francisco–based Fluid Inc.’s interactive-merchandising technology has been catching on with online retailers and marketers....
Bathurst Joins Howe
Former Quiksilver exec John Bathurst has joined Hause of Howe as president of the Huntington Beach–based menswear line, which was recently acquired by Seattle-based Seattle Pacific Industries. In addition to Q...
Wilen: Knitting Another Path
Knitting started as a relaxing hobby for Brooke Wilen. She didn’t expect it would become a career until she realized what she didn’t want to do with her life. Wilen previously worked as an assistant to...
Datacolor Offers Certification Program
Atlanta-based Datacolor has launched a universal color accreditation program aimed at standardizing process requirements and grading color performance levels for the apparel industry. The program is ...
Liz Buys Kate
New York–based manufacturing giant Liz Claiborne Inc. bought Kate Spade LLC for approximately $124 million. New York–based Kate Spade produces women’s and men’s accessories under the Kate Spade and Jack Spade lab...
Lisa Kline to Address TALA Students
The Textile Association of Los Angeles will host its 50th annual scholarship luncheon on Nov. 29, and Los Angeles retailer Lisa Kline, owner of the Lisa Kline and Lisa Kline...
Retailers Find Mixed Results for October '06
Retail sales for department stores were up in October, yet sales for many specialty stores went down, according to the New York–based International Conference of Shopping Centers....
