So Cal's Eyes On the Ports
On a clear day, Capt. Manny Aschemeyer and his crew have a sweeping view of the nation’s busiest port complex and a 180-degree vista of the blue-gray Pacific Ocean down below....
Erica Dee's Street Life
With top-rate shopping centers a stone’s throw away in Newport Beach, Calif., it would have been a natural for Erica D. Thomas to dream about opening her Er...
City Finds New Life in Old Street
Hot rods are what attracted Irene Guzman and her family to quiet Monrovia, Calif., some 24 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. But the flash and sizzle of the classic car shows at the city’s Library Park ...
Toasting Bread
With a tagline as bold as “Truth, Freedom and Bread,” designer Jason Ferro’s new line of premium denim has a lot to live up to....
Seaton Finds Sales Reps, Seeks Retail Real Estate
Seaton has gone national. The Los Angeles–based casual brand with a surf twist announced July 12 that The Liric Group, a New York fashion sales company, would repres...
City of L.A. Approves New Wholesale Mart
The city of Los Angeles has given the green light for more showroom space near the Los Angeles Fashion District....
Online Apparel Sales Keep Clicking Along
E-tailing is expected to exceed $200 billion this year, according to the recently released
New Clients for ApparelMagic
Glendale, Calif.–based Murphy & Associates has signed on four new clients to use its ApparelMagic business management software system....
Exodus' Music Series
Temecula, Calif.–based Exodus Clothes is sponsoring a Thursday night concert series at the Temeku Theatre in Temecula....
Nano-Tex Names CEO
James P. Curley was appointed president and chief executive officer of Emeryville, Calif.–based Nano-Tex Inc., a provider of textile finishes and coatings....
New Exec Needed for Old Navy
Gap Inc. announced that Jenny Ming, president of Gap’s Old Navy division, would leave the company in the fall after 19 years with the San Francisco–based retail chain. Ming got her start in Gap’s merchandising division ...
Arbor's Apparel: Keeping It Green
Arbor believes in slow growth—and environmental responsibility....
Stock Analyst Lukewarm on PacSun as Company Plans New Direction
A Wall Street analyst lowered her stock recommendation from buy to hold for Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. in a June 29 research note, just as the highly successful retailer of s...
Marika Change
Former Mervyn’s sales executive Scott Kallmann has been named president of The Marika Group Inc., the 24-year-old San Diego fitness and yoga clothing resource....
CAFTA Gains One More Member
Now that Guatemala has become the fourth country to join the Central American Free Trade Agreement, that leaves only Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic left to sign on....
