Hard Holiday
A recent Gallup poll found that consumers have been “less enthusiastic” and “highly priceconscious” so far this Holiday season, forcing some retailers to slash prices in or...
Ultrasuede in Canada
New York–based Toray Ultrasuede (America) has partnered with the Toronto Fashion Incubator to participate in the TFI New Labels Fall 2005 Design Competition, set for March. The fabric maker will sponso...
California Gets New Labor Commissioner
The position of state labor commissioner, which had been vacant for about one year, was filled by an executive from a nationwide janitorial company....
C&C to Open Showroom at Cooper Design Space
Hot T-shirt brand C&C California is going places....
Karl Joins Tommy
New York–based Tommy Hilfiger Corp. and Paris-based designer Karl Lagerfeld struck a deal that will allow Tommy Hilfiger to purchase the Lagerfeld trademarks, including Lagerfeld Gallery and Lagerfeld ...
Local Manufacturer Prevails on Appeal in Letter-of-Credit Case
Los Angeles manufacturer DBJJJ Inc., which does business as True Love, has won an appeal in the California Court of Appeals, Second District in its case against Nat...
Indra Launches New Web Site
San Diego–based Indra Technology Inc., developer of Escape software for apparel industry sales forces, has launched a new Web site....
ITG Goes to China
Greensboro, N.C.–based International Textile Group, the company founded earlier this year to purchase Burlington Industries and Cone Mills, has formed a partnership with the China Ting Group to build a dyeing ...
Warnaco Chooses SAP
New York–based Warnaco Inc. is adding enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to streamline its global operations....
2004 Retrospective Retail Sales Department Stores: JCPenney Sizzles, Sears Grabs Headlines
In 2004, discounters and moderate-priced stores found a chance to shine in an arena long dominated by Bentonville, Ark.–based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. ...
2004 Retrospective Apparel, Textile and Retail Employment: Retail, Textiles Among the Brightest Spot
It was no surprise that the number of state apparel manufacturing workers continued to dwindle in 2004, according to the latest data provided by the California Employment Development Department (EDD)....
2004 Retrospective Retail Sales Specialty Stores: Chico's Soars, Gap Coasts
While shopping centers increasingly devoted their real estate to teen fashions in 2004, Chico’s FAS Inc. earned strong same-store sales by selling fashionable clothes to baby boomer women....
2004 Retrospective Textile and Apparel Imports and Exports: China Holds Top Spot in Imports to U.S.
China maintained a strong lead as the No. 1 supplier of textiles and apparel to the United States. Chinese imports grew almost 25 percent during the first 10 months of 2004....
Cal State, L.A. Kicks Off Textile Program
California State University, Los Angeles is looking for future textile executives....
Forever 21 Settles Workers' Suit
Forever 21 Inc. settled a lawsuit with garment workers in California Superior Court, effectively ending a 3-year-long national boycott against the popular Los Angeles–based retailer and resolv...
