Satellite Radio Available for Retailers
Gardena, Calif.–based Antex Electronics has introduced what it calls the first satellite radio receiver for the commercial music market....
Talbots Buys J. Jill
Hingman, Mass.–based retailer Talbots Inc. will acquire the outstanding shares of Quincy, Mass.–based retailer J. Jill Group Inc. for $24.05 per share, for total equity consideration of approximately $517 million. Talb...
Outdoor Retail Centers Take a Cue from Bigger Brothers
The symbol of urban sprawl—the strip mall—is getting a makeover....
From Cutter & Buck to Gap
San Francisco–based Gap Inc. hired John T. (Tom) Wyatt as president of its GapBody division. Wyatt was previously president and CEO of Cutter & Buck Inc. Before joining the Seattle-based upscale ap...
American Apparel, Patagonia Go Solar
Environmentally conscious apparel companies Patagonia, based in Ventura, Calif., and American Apparel, based in Los Angeles, have recently installed solar-energy systems within their...
Columbia Buys Montrail
Portland, Ore.–based Columbia Sportswear Company purchased Seattlebased outdoor footwear label Montrail Inc. for $15 million in cash, plus the assumption of certain liabilities. Columbia’s vice presiden...
Windsor Plans More Stores
Prom season starts in a few months, but high school girls are already shopping for sophisticated dresses at Windsor Fashions Inc., said Ike Zekaria, vice president and co-owner of the Vernon, Calif...
Tech Execs Court West Coast Apparel Companies
At the millennium, corporate America was scampering to get its computer systems in shape for fear of the notorious Y2K bug....
Colombia Relying on Free Trade Agreement for Competitive Edge in Textiles
MEDELLIacute;N, Colombia—Inside a brick and corrugated-tinroof building near the center of this textile capital, 900 workers are shaping blue jeans destined to be sold under the Naut...
Taiwan Looks to Central America for Business Opportunities
The Central American Free Trade Agreement hasn’t been implemented yet, but Taiwan already has its sights on the region....
Buy Now: Men's Resources Build Inventory for Immediate Delivery
Despite nearly two decades experience selling high-end women’s fashion, retailer Fred Levine waited until the last minute to begin placing orders for his new contemporary menswear store....
Importer of Counterfeit Designer Handbags Faces Two Years in Prison
A man under investigation for nearly four years pleaded guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court to selling thousands of counterfeit designer bags in the Fashion District of downtown Los Angeles....
L.A. Factory Opens
Los Angeles–based manufacturer Sugar Moods Ltd. has opened up about 14,000 square feet of incubator space to start-up and small apparel companies at rates as low as $1.50 per square foot....
Sharagano Bows Fall With Monah Li
For Fall 2006, Sharagano is all Monah Li. ...
Material World to Emphasize Logistics and Sourcing
The upcoming Material World trade show, to be held April 4–6 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Fla., will kick off the three-day event with a panel discussing appar...
