Lectra Presents Awards to Educators
Technology provider Lectra presented awards to three leading fashion-school educators who demonstrated excellence in promoting technology to the next generation of apparel designers and worke...
2005 Retrospective: Wall Street Gives Decent Marks to Target and Ross
One of the biggest business stories of Holiday 2005 has been promotions, and discounters such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. and off-pricers such...
2005 Retrospective Retail Sales Specialty Chains: Wet Seal, Hot Topic
Liquidation companies seemed ready to pounce on Wet Seal Inc. throughout much of 2004. The retailer had long been lagging in the highly competitive teen market. For two years, the Foothill Ranch, Cal...
2005 Retrospective: Textile Jobs Hold Steady While Apparel Manufacturing Work Continues Decline
In California, the number of apparel manufacturing employees, including those working in apparel knitting mills and cut-and-sew factories, fell by 3.1 percent to 80,200 in October 2005 from 82,800 the previous year.
Go East, Young Woman
Jennifer Heim had worked for two years as a buyer at Intuition, a boutique on Los Angeles’ Westside that focuses on celebrity fashions. In 2005, she decided that opportunity lay east....
Investors Acquire Geac
San Francisco–based investor group Golden Gate Capital has reached an agreement to acquire software firm Geac Computer Corp. Ltd. for $1 billion in cash....
Wellman Adjusts Poly Price
Fort Mills, S.C.–based fiber maker Wellman Inc. will adjust the price of its Fortrel polyester staple fiber to August levels (plus an additional $0.03 per pound) to reflect the “renewed stabilit...
Quiksilver's Ski Gear Goes Camo
If Quiksilver is correct, the ski forecast for Winter will be pink, camouflage and plaid....
Project Moves to Javits, Launches Seed
New York–based contemporary menswear show Project Global Trade Show will move to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York for its next show Jan. 16–18. The s...
Discovery of Suspicious Package Leads to Evacuation of CMC
Workers were evacuated from the California Market Center for about an hour on the morning of Dec. 14 after the center’s security officials were alerted to a suspicious, unattended package on the CMC...
2005 Retrospective: SoCal Retail Rents Show Strength
Real estate continued on a strong path in 2005, fueled by a number of factors. Demand for specialty fashion increased the need for boutique space on prime thoroughfares in Los Angeles and San Francisco. And instituti...
San Francisco's Pixie Girls
SAN FRANCISCO—Saunter into Pixie Boutique in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood and you’ll find an assortment of fashionable clothing and accessories for women. The pink-hued shop is feminine but ...
Luxury Retailers Head Inland
Nationally known retailers and restaurateurs once feared to tread in Southern California’s Inland Empire, according to David White. He is a city official of Riverside, Calif., entrusted to pitch these ...
High-Tech Sewing at Vecchiarelli Store
The annual customer appreciation day sale at Vecchiarelli Bros. sewing supplies store is not for the faint-of-heart. This year’s event took place on Dec. 10, and by late afternoon, more than 3...
2005 Retrospective
If there were one word that would best sum up the events that shaped the U.S. apparel industry in 2005, it might be “China.”...
