G Line: Gear for Girls
Sarah Schilke, global category manager for G Line, a line of motorcycle gear made for women, said that in the more than 10 years she has worked in the motorcycle industry, the No. 1 complaint...
S.F. Garment Workers to Collect Severance Pay
San Francisco–based manufacturer Nova Knits Inc. agreed last week to pay $500,000 in severance compensation to more than 100 garment workers who were laid off from the company with an hour’s no...
New Year's T-Shirt Resolutions
Carla O’Brien (at left) and Megan MacEachern started Fortune Tee three years ago as a children’s line with a penchant for cheeky novelty. The Hollywood-based label’s shirts bore slogans with clever fortune cookie–like...
Finding Solitude at JCPenney
Santa Barbara, Calif.–based Solitude has been striving for years to gain national exposure. Now, after eight years in the industry, the company is going to get its wish in a big way....
Birdie: Fashion Meets Function on the Golf Course
Kate Sutton’s San Francisco–based preppy golf line, Birdie, infuses bubbly energy into basic polo shirts and khaki bottoms that function as comfortable sport clothing. And Sutton has high hope...
True Blue
New York’s denim trade show focuses on the cream of the crop ...
Quiksilver Moves Footwear Facility Inland
Huntington Beach, Calif.–based Quiksilver Inc. will be moving some of its warehouse facilities inland later this year to a spacious new state-of-the-art facility that has the added bonus of ch...
BDS to Acquire Channel Partners
Irvine, Calif.–based retail consultant BDS Marketing Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire rival Channel Partners, based in Gilbert, Ariz., for an undisclosed sum....
Retail Shift
Many retail workers are planning to job hunt this year, according to a recent survey by
Blum Leaves Cole
Paul Blum resigned his position as president of Kenneth Cole Productions Inc. to pursue other opportunities after 15 years with the New York–based company. Chairman and Chief Executive Kenneth Cole will tempor...
Barneys Dallas
New York–based specialty retailer Barneys New York, a division of Jones Apparel Group Inc., will open a Barneys New York flagship store in NorthPark Center in Dallas, Texas, this fall. At about 88,000 square feet, thi...
Hard Rock Hotel Offers New Party Venues for ASR
A Nobu restaurant and Rande Gerber–designed bar and lounge will be among the amenities at the new Hard Rock Hotel under development in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter, said a rep...
Snow Settles at Surf Expo as Fall Makes Early Debut
ORLANDO, Fla.—The skies were clear in Orlando, Fla., during the Jan. 13–15 run of Surf Expo at the Orange County Convention Center, but inside the convention hall, snow was definitely in the fo...
January Sizzles at L.A. Fashion Market
Buyers stock up on Immediate-delivery merchandise, as well as goods for later deliveries...
Valley Wal-Mart
Retail giant Wal-Mart scrapped plans to open a 150,000-square-foot store in the San Fernando Valley city of Northridge after determining that the necessary environmental impact report would take too long to complete. The Ben...
