New Port Watcher
Kevin Weeks was appointed director of field operations for the Los Angeles region of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Weeks is overseeing all port operations and is directing a workforce of more th...
Apparel Industry Contributes to Katrina Aid Efforts
As the damage estimates from hurricane Katrina creep past $25 billion, the apparel industry is wasting no time getting involved in the relief effort....
Spinning the Classic Accessory Into the Must-Have Handbag
A crop of new handbag designers has put a different spin on the classic accessory, the leather handbag. Styles vary from classic and sophisticated shapes to rock ’n’ roll–inspired designs laced with frin...
New Owner Has Plans for Gerry Building
The Gerry Building in the Los Angeles Fashion District is ready for another makeover....
Haggar Buy
A group of investors led by buyout specialist Infinity Associates LLC has agreed to purchase Dallas- based clothier Haggar Corp. for $212 million. Perseus LLC, a bank and private equity-fund manager in Washin...
Guess Watches
Los Angeles–based Guess? Inc. and timepiece marketer Fossil Inc. are working on a deal to market Guess watches beginning in January 2007. Fossil plans to form a separate company for the Guess business and util...
Survey Finds Second Day at MAGIC Most Productive
The sheer sprawl of the MAGIC Marketplace, with its nearly 1 million square feet of show space and its more than 100,000 attendees, makes it seemingly hard to quantify....
Swimwear and Resort Lines Make a Splash
About 450 people appeared poolside Aug. 15 at the Viceroy hotel in Santa Monica, Calif., to view five swimwear and Resort collections as part of a fund-raiser for the charity Stop th...
Store Sales Zoom
Most leading national retailers posted upbeat sales for August. Bebe Stores Inc., The Wet Seal Inc., Abercrombie & Fitch Co.and American Eagle Outfitters all posted double-digit increases in sames...
Lulu to Forplay
Designer Lulu Ganzer, who helped put Trashy Lingerie on the retail map on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, has joined competitor Forplay’s growing design team. Ganzer brings 20 years of experience ...
Troubled Hollywood & Highland Shopping Center to Get Makeover
Ever since it opened nearly four years ago, the Hollywood & Highland Center has been likened to the two large white elephants that hover over its inner courtyard....
New O.C. Shopping Center Sold
Bella Terra, the open-air shopping center under development on the site of the former Huntington Center mall in Huntington Beach, Calif., was sold for $228 million...
Antik Denim Claims Knockoffs Being Sold at MAGIC
When Paul Guez heard the news, he could not believe it....
RawState Denim to Launch Premier Collection at MAGIC
First-time designer Nicole Bunch debuts the Spring ’06 collection of her new line, RawState Denim, at MAGIC International in Las Vegas....
Defiance USA Counts on Music Licenses to Sell Clothes
For generations of rock fans, the name Fender symbolized one of the best-made guitars in the world. For Los Angeles–based rock aficionado and clothes manufacturer Christopher Wicks, this pop-culture t...
