Guess Sets Expansion on International Markets and New Brands
To beef up sales, Guess? Inc. is casting an eye toward expanding in Asia, Europe and South America while working to make its new Marciano stores more competitive in the contemporary ...
TPC's New Board
The Professional Club, the industry networking group formerly called the Textile Professional Club, announced its new executive board at its fina...
Indra Signs On Boast USA
San Diego–based Indra Technology Inc. is now supplying apparel and footwear maker Riviera Beach, Fla.–based Boast USA Inc. with Indra’s Escape On Demand sales management softwa...
Broadway Bar Sparks Downtown Night Life
Downtown Los Angeles’ night life is revving up with the surge of loft dwellers taking up residence in the area. One of those capitalizing on the situation is nightclub owner Cedd Moses, who ju...
Jamison Buys South Bay Properties
Los Angeles–based Jamison Properties, new owner of the California Market Center, added two properties to its growing portfolio with the purchase of the Del Amo Finan...
Amo & Bretti: Taking Knitwear Beyond Sweaters
Designing knitwear is in Amy Krofchick’s blood. Krofchick, half of Amo & Bretti, is a third-generation knitter and a member of a family of tailors. So it is no surprise that she has taken ...
CFF Prepares for Poker Tournament at Hollywood Park
The California Fashion Foundation (CFF), the philanthropic wing of the California Fashion Association (CFA), is finalizing preparations for its poker tournament fund-raiser,...
New at Taryn Rose
Los Angeles–based shoe maker Taryn Rose International has named Andrew D. Forbes as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Forbes’ career includes stints as global chief financial officer ...
Where Innovation Meets Denim
Andrew and Jegrave;nelle Meyer vowed to shake up Orange County’s fashion scene more than 11 years ago. They opened a boutique called Habit, where they gambled that the surf-crazy consumers of ...
Enrollment Soars for California's Fashion Design Programs
More than 78 fashion design students graduated from California State University, Long Beach this year, marking a 25 percent rise in program enrollment for the school. While the increase was unprecede...
Real Estate Firm in Escrow to Buy Gerry Building
A Los Angeles area investment group has reached an agreement to purchase the historic Gerry Building in the Los Angeles Fashion District for an undisclosed sum, said a repre...
Buyers and Stylists Added to MBFW Registration
Organizers of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios announced plans to begin registering buyers, retailers and stylists on July 25 for its Oct. 16–20 run in Culver City, Calif....
Earnings to Fall Short for Innovo
Executives at Innovo Group Inc., which makes premium and moderately priced blue jeans and knit tops, said the company’s revenues and profits for 2005 will fall short of analysts’ expectations....
Candie's No More
New York–based Candie’s Inc.—owner of the Candie’s, Bongo and Badgley Mischka brands—is changing its name to Iconix Brand Group. The public company will now be listed on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbo...
Grey Ant Returns to Menswear, Heads to Coterie
Grey Ant has been industrious....
