MODAC to Honor Photographer at Gala
The Museum of Fashion Designers and Creators (MODAC) will honor famed architectural photographer Julius Shulman at a fundraising reception Nov. 29 at the Orpheum Th...
Getting in Ship-Shape
For heavy apparel industry machinery, no domestic apparel trade show can top SPESA Expo. Held in Miami every three years (in rotation with Germany’s IMB and Japan’s JIAN), SPESA Expo b...
Remodel Underway on CMC's 13th-Floor Penthouse
The California Market Center has begun a major remodel of the building’s 13th floor that will result in 75,000 square feet of open exhibition space, 35,000 square feet of hard-wall showroom sp...
Celebrity, Good Fit Drive Jean Line
Sometimes Kitson owner Fraser Ross doesn’t feel like a retailer, he feels like a celebrity wrangler. He said that he’s lately been turning down pitches to carry celebrity-designed fas...
ASR Announces Holiday Show
Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo plans to put a surf-and-skate twist on the Holiday season....
Volcom Announces Secondary Offering
Volcom executives are finally reaping the benefits of years of hard work....
Love Benefit
Designer Jacquelyne Love and her husband, the Beach Boys’ Mike Love, raised more than $200,000 for the Red Cross at their Oct. 10 Fashion for Passion show and concert and the online charity auction tha...
Glimcher Buys Puente Hills Mall for $170 Million
The Puente Hills Mall in the City of Industry, Calif., has been sold to Columbus, Ohio–based Glimcher Realty Trust for $170 million....
The Maitlands: Easy Pieces, Thoughtful Details
Sam Lauachus, the owner of the boutique A. Mason in Venice, Calif., knows the selling power of easy pieces. Lauachus, along with Sandy Fleming, a former patternmake...
Denim: It All Comes Out in the Wash
Shinzo Suzuki’s lithe physique, rolled-up jeans, and sprightly step make you almost think the quiet executive has discovered the fountain of youth. In fact, he’s discovered the cauldron of accelerated aging: In...
October '05: Economy Strong Despite Devastation From Hurricanes
The United States reeled from the fury of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma during the months of September and October. Still, October’s retail sales grew 4.4 percent over the same period last year....
Gap Philanthropy
San Francisco–based Gap Inc. has named Bobbi Silten chief foundation officer for Gap Foundation, the company’s philanthropic arm. Silten, who was previously president of Levi Strauss & Co’s Dockers a...
Retail Shift
Apparel makers retool business in wake of Federated/May Co. merger. ...
No Sale for Mossimo
Santa Monica–based Mossimo Inc. founder Mossimo Giannulli has resumed efforts to purchase the remaining 35 percent of outstanding shares of his company, which has a licensing agreement with Target Corp...
DMC Considers Weekday Markets
The Dallas Market Center is considering shifting future market schedules away from the current weekend format to a weekday schedule, DMC officials said....
