Among Giants: Bebe Opens on Rodeo
After more than 29 years of selling women’s fashions and opening 227 Bebe boutiques, Manny Mashouf, founder of the Brisbane, Calif.–based Bebe Stores Inc., has an address that has given him a s...
Macy's Changes
Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores announced several executive changes to its Macy’s division in the wake of the company’s merger with May Co. and its planned shuttering of May’s Marshall Field’s and Robinsons-May nameplates. The executive ch...
CMC Passes Safety Test
For the second time in two weeks, the California Market Center in Los Angeles was evacuated, but this time it was a planned operation....
Levi's Protest
Los Angeles–based anti-sweatshop coalition Sweatshop Watch held a Holiday-themed protest in front of the Levi’s store in Santa Monica, Calif., on Dec. 17. The protesters charged that garment workers who produce...
2005 Year in Review
There was more of everything in 2005....
Here Comes Santa Claus
The Los Angeles Fashion District Business Improvement District spread a little holiday cheer Dec. 13 at the Para Los Nintilde;os Youth Center, where 10 yo...
2005 Retrospective: China's Gains in Apparel Imports Comes at a Cost for Other Countries
China was the king of the hill as the principal supplier of textiles and apparel to the United States in 2005. It now makes about one in four garments sold in this country. China exported $22 billion ...
Designers Head to Hong Kong with FBI
Smaller labels, such as Desanka, face a common—but not insurmountable—predicament when it comes to offshore production, according to Frances Harder, founder and president of Fashion Bu...
Sage Goes Western
Los Angeles–based private-equity investment firm Sage Capital Partners LP has acquired a controlling interest in Western-themed apparel and footwear retailer Corral West Ranchwear Inc. Sage said it pla...
Future Fixation: DDC Lab Opens L.A. Store
Call it the science fiction of fashion....
Dirtbag Gets New Licensing Deal
San Francisco–based Dirtbag Clothing Inc. has signed an agreement with Signatures Network Inc., which will represent the Dirtbag clothing label for all of its future licensin...
Maybe Now, Liz
New York–based Liz Claiborne Inc. has entered into a confidentiality agreement with Quincy, Mass.–based retail chain J. Jill Group to allow the manufacturing giant to “participate in [the] proces...
Blue Holdings Adds to Board
Commerce, Calif.–based Blue Holdings Inc., maker of premium denim brands Antik Denim, Yanuk, Taverniti So and U, named Gary Freeman and Robert G. Lynn as independent board me...
Manufacturer Sues Saks on Chargebacks
A bankrupt apparel maker has sued Saks Inc. in federal court, seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars for alleged unauthorized chargebacks and breach of contract....
Rate Raised Again
The Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by a quarter point to 4.25 percent, marking the 13th consecutive rate increase. Although the rate hike was expected, analysts say the Fed’s strategy of...
