Shoe In
Skechers USA Inc. promoted David Weinberg from chief financial officer to chief operating officer of the Manhattan Beach, Calif.–based footwear and apparel maker. Weinberg has been with the company for more th...
Stonefield Josephson Gets Century City Address
Accounting firm Stonefield Josephson Inc. will relocate its headquarters to the landmark Century Plaza Towers in the Century City area of Los Angeles later this month....
Nordstrom's Art Exhibition
Seattle-based specialty store Nordstrom will feature a photography exhibition by Kamoinge, a group of African American photographers, in celebration of Black History Month. The photos focus on “life an...
K-Swiss Communiqueacute;
Kids in Europe are communicating through the stripes on their K-Swiss shoes, according to the European distributor for Westlake Village, Calif.–based K-Swiss Inc. The company’s Stripe Shifter shoe style has five stripes on the...
Gerber to Offer Sourcing Services
Tolland, Conn.–based Gerber Technology has teamed with Iselin, N.J.–based ecVision to provide global sourcing and collaboration applications for the apparel and textile industries....
L.A. Fashion Week Gearing Up for March
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios organizers have set March 19–23 as the dates for the Fall 2006 run of catwalk shows at Smashbox Studios in Culver City, Calif....
Ed Hardy Debuts Christian Audigier
The tattoos on Ed Hardy T-shirts may be vintage, but the Los Angeles–based brand is developing retail businesses that are new. On Dec. 14, the company opened a debut boutique for its new line, Christian Audigier, named af...
Holiday Sales Came Late for Retailers
Retail sales for the 2005 Holiday season proved to be solid, but the good news did not arrive until after a few weeks of nail biting for shop owners....
MJW Eyes Prominent Retailers in East L.A.
Santa Monica, Calif.–based real estate developer MJW Investments has set its sights high in its effort to draw quality national retailers to a new mixed-use development it’s planning in the Boy...
Pasadena Sisters Win Honors
The California-based designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy are among a handful of creators to win an Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation award for emerging designers....
New Look Planned for Sourcing at MAGIC
Woodland Hills, Calif.–based trade show producer MAGIC International is revamping the Sourcing at MAGIC section in time for the Feb. 21–24 run of the MAGIC Marketplace in Las ...
Robin's Jean
ROCKER DENIM: French-born Robin Chretien, former designer at Blue Cult and co-founder and former partner at Hudson Jeans, launched his own line, Robin’s Jean, for Spring 2006. Although some in the ...
PacSun Exec Moves to Haggar
Joseph Harris, who was vice president of sourcing and product development at Pacific Sunwear of California in Anaheim, Calif., for nearly two years, has left to take a similar positi...
Raison D'ecirc;tre: California's Take on Linen
Raison D’ecirc;tre interprets California’s favorite casual styles with a new fabric—linen....
A&F Sues Wet Seal Over Moose and Fish
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. filed a trademark-infringement lawsuit against California teen retailer The Wet Seal Inc. for using moose and fish designs on some of its clothing....
