Pakistan Makes Push for Better Economic Ties
Pakistan is making a big push to grow its apparel and textile industry, which now makes up about 24 percent of the country’s gross domestic product....
SAP to Acquire Retail Software Provider
German software giant SAP AG said it is acquiring Scottsdale, Ariz.–based software provider Khimetrics Inc. for an undisclosed sum....
S.F. Apparel Protest
A group of unemployed apparel workers gathered at San Francisco City Hall on Nov. 21 to ask city leaders for help in securing jobs for former garment-industry employees. Organizer the Chinese Progressive Netw...
H&M California Debut
“We’re often asked, ’When is H&M coming to California?” said Sanna Lindberg, the U.S. manager for the retailer with the full name of Hennes & Mauritz “We’re...
Fremont: Retro Casual
The retro chic look of Fremont has a fresh take on casual. The new contemporary line recaptures the lifestyle resort look of Palm Springs in the late 1960s and early 1970s and adds a kitschy Las Vegas edge. Los Ange...
Blue Carpet Cache
Paige Premium Denim is an example of a company moving briskly. Paige Adams-Geller started the premium-denim company with her husband, Michael Geller (both pictured), earlier this year, and on...
Jamison Lands Valley Office Properties
California Market Center owner Jamison Properties has acquired two San Fernando Valley office buildings for $31 million from Westoaks Associates LP, according to Los Angele...
Holiday Yarn
Los Angeles–based knitwear designer and knitting guru Suss Cousins (pictured) hosted a “Pre-Christmas Special Girl Event” at her Beverly Boulevard Suss Designs boutique on Nov. 1...
Nora Minas: Beginning With Jackets
After 15 years of working behind the scenes in the apparel industry as a private-label designer and designing for companies such as Johnny Was and Cynthia Max, Nora...
Caruso Unveils Marina Renovation
Los Angeles real estate developer Caruso Affiliated last weekend unveiled its $11-million renovation of the Marine Waterside shopping center, now known as ...
Gerber and Lectra Jump on the PLM Bandwagon
Technology leaders Gerber Technology and Lectra are taking a bigger stake in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software....
Chelsea Returns
Designer Chelsea Burggren has returned to Irvine, Calif.–based Ezekiel as head apparel designer. Burggren worked for the skate lifestyle brand last year but left to work for Hurley International. In her new po...
Benefit Party
Escada previewed its 2006 Spring/Summer collection with a party benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The cocktail soiree was held at Meson G on Nov. 17 with a star-stud...
East Meets West
Empire State, a New York–based T-shirt line, celebrated its Spring 2006 collection with a bash at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. Designer Michael Sherman (right) with old friend actor J...
AG in NYC
Los Angeles–based Koos Manufacturing opened its first AG Adriano Goldschmied store in New York’s SoHo neighborhood Nov. 23. The nearly 3,000-square-foot space on Greene Street carries the AG Adriano Gol...
