Fashionable Homecoming: Domestic Companies Return to L.A. After Sourcing Elsewhere
For Reo Starr LLC, Thailand was not paradise.Launched in 2002, the Los Angeles–based denim company had jean samples made in Thailand and decided to do production there, as well. The first run ...
Saks Investigation
Birmingham, Ala.–based Saks Inc. terminated several executives after an internal investigation found that the company hadimproperly collected approximately $20 million in markdown allowance money during the 19...
Marshall Gordon Leaves SAP for TradeCard
High-ranking technology executive Marshall Gordon has joined New York–based supply-chain specialist TradeCard Inc. as its new senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing....
Op Hires
Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp., the Irvine-based division of New York– based Warnaco Group, named Eric Crane vice president/creative director of marketing and advertising. A graphic designer, Crane has been producing Op’s...
Avery Unveils 'Error-Free' RFID Printer
Pasadena, Calif.–based Avery Dennison Corp. has released a radio frequency identification (RFID) labeling system aimed at reducing misreads and mis-shipments caused by faulty labels....
FBI Adds S.F., S.D. Chapters, Offers Certificate Training Program
Fashion Business Inc. is bringing its apparel-focused business training programs to start-up and growing apparel manufacturers in San Diego and San Francisco.The Los Angeles–based nonprofit ha...
Beauty and Breeding
It took a disaster for designer Tigerlily Hill to get the Crown Atelier line off the ground, but, as a result, she found a renewed sense of purpose....
Avery Relocates Inland Empire Plant
Pasadena, Calif.–based tags and labels manufacturer Avery Dennison Corp. has sold its Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., production facility and is moving into a new leased facility n...
Rate Hike Again
The Federal Reserve raised the federal fund rate one-quarter of a percentage point to 3 percent, citing a need to provide “ongoing support to economic activity” after spending slowed sli...
NY Textile Exhibit Goes to Extremes
Technical textiles are on display through the end of October at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York....
New Product Gives Denim Distressed Look
Paramus, N.J.–based Polysoft Products, a maker of industrial scouring materials, has launched two new products aimed at the do-it-yourself consumer denim market.Polysoft’s Den...
TALA Sets Schedule for 61st Annual Playday
The Textile Association of Los Angeles is planning its 61st annual summer “playday,” set for May 20 at the Los Robles Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif....
Cone Plan in Effect
The second amended Chapter 11 plan of liquidation for the Cone Mills Corp. went into effect on May 3, according to Michael R. D’Appolonia, chief restructuring officer for the Greensboro, N.C.–based denim giant....
Built by Wendy Comes to California
The elements of the Built by Wendy label seem to describe the quintessential California designer. The cut of the clothes is casual, the colors are light and cheery, and many of the design inspirations stem from 1970...
Three More Fashion Stores Move to Robertson
Construction workers on Los Angeles’ Robertson Boulevard are now almost as common a sight as paparazzi hunting for celebrity shoppers. The workers are busy building three new fashion ...
