Blowout at Polo
The windows of Polo Ralph Lauren’s Sutter Street store in San Francisco were blown out Aug. 19 when an underground electrical transformer triggered an explosion that shook buildings in the city’s financ...
PAD Expands in India
Montreal-based CAD provider PAD System Technologies Inc. has expanded into India, opening offices in New Delhi and Bangalore....
Liz Claiborne, Nordstrom Join PETA Campaign
Several national retailers—including Nordstrom, Gap Inc. and Liz Claiborne—have joined a campaign supporting the recent agreement reached between People for the Ethic...
Blue's Suit
Commerce-based Blue Holdings, maker of the Antik Denim brand, has filed a lawsuit against Turn On Products, which does business as Younique Clothing and Alloy Inc., charging that the company violated federal ...
Saks Makes it Payback Time
Saks Inc. will reimburse about $48 million to vendors after an internal investigation showed the retailer improperly collected markdown allowances over an eight-year period....
True Religion on NASDAQ
On Aug. 18, the NASDAQ National Market began trading stock for Los Angeles–based True Religion Apparel Inc. under the listing TRLG, the same ticker symbol the company is traded under on the common stoc...
M.Fredric Launches New Men's Boutique
For most of his two decades in retail, Fred Levine said he thought building a men’s clothing business would be a mistake. It was simply too different from the women’s clothing market that had b...
Gift Industry Co. Moves to L.A. Mart
Gift industry supplier Roger Wilson & Associates has moved to the L.A. Mart from the California Market Center....
Private Fashion Archive Opens for Designers
It’s the nightmare of every designer....
New York Designers to Receive Awards in Dallas
New York–based designers Derek Lam and Stan Herman will be honored Oct. 29 at the 30th annual Dallas Fashion Awards....
Retail District Goes Against the Grain of West Los Angeles Shopping
There were no fashion boutiques on Los Angeles’ West Third Street when Wendy Freedman opened her vintage clothing store, Polkadots & Moonbeams, in the historically Jewish neighborhood in 1...
Mica Closes Its Doors
After spending the last year searching for the right product mix, Denny Rabineau shuttered his dress company, Mica....
New Weapons Target Illegal Textile Trade
While global trade pacts have eliminated many of the quotas and duties associated with the apparel and textile trade, the business of transshipments and counterfeiting remains a problem for big-name b...
True Religion on NASDAQ
On Aug. 18, the NASDAQ National Market began trading stock for Los Angeles–based True Religion Apparel Inc. under the listing TRLG, the same ticker symbol the company is traded under on the common stoc...
Residential/Retail Construction Booming in Fashion District
Ground-floor business in the Los Angeles Fashion District has surged more than 25 percent over the past three years because of new residential and commercial construction, according to a rece...
