New E-Tailer Focuses on L.A. Designers
Label Los Angeles, a new online shopping resource specializing in apparel from Los Angeles–based designers, has debuted at
Joni Blair Founder Norman Blau Dies
Norman Blau, founder of Joni Blair of California Inc., passed away on Oct. 8 in Montecito, Calif., after a brief illness. He was 83....
Major Fashion District Buildings for Sale
Two buildings within the Los Angeles Fashion District—the California Market Center and the Gerry Building—could soon change hands....
Alpha Opens in West Hollywood
The guy who was once called the “alpha man,” the “leader of the pack” or the “top dog” has changed, according to Darren Gold....
California Manufacturing Outpaces the Nation
California’s manufacturing companies reported that production, new orders and employment grew in the third quarter of this year over the previous quarter....
Designers to Make Online Splash With eBay
Every creative business is a mix of art and commerce. But art and e-commerce will be married when eBay Inc., the Internet auction site, hosts a Los Angeles Fashion Week sto...
Americana Launches E-Commerce Web Site
The Americana Co., which distributes promotional sportswear, has launched
Reinis Joins Silver & Freedman
Veteran apparel industry attorney Mitchell Reinis has joined the Los Angeles law firm of Silver & Freedman as a partner and part of the apparel practices group....
New Year Could Bring New Shipping Headaches for Apparel Importers
California apparel manufacturers who have shifted their production to China are worried that when quotas disappear on Jan. 1, it will be nearly impossible to obtain cargo space on vessels sailing from...
CMC Lifts Curtain on Second Floor
Los Angeles International Textile Show visitors along with prospective and existing California Market Center tenants glimpsed the building’s new updated/ contemporary apparel...
MAGIC Adds Hilton Space for February Show
Woodland Hills, Calif.–based MAGIC International has acquired space in the Las Vegas Hilton to use for the next MAGIC Marketplace trade show, set for Feb. 14–17, 2005...
Innovo Raises Denim Prices in Search of Profits
Innovo Group Inc., the denim company that makes Joe’s Jeans, recently raised wholesale price points by 10 percent on the five-pocket version of that label to help the company secure a...
Going Where No Fashion Brand Has Gone Before
When brands get hot, one of the first things their owners do is jump onto the licensing bandwagon. For apparel companies, that usually means expanding the brand’s name to watches, eyewear, jewelry and ...
Starpower Fuels Fields' Spring '05 Forecast
Model/actress/celebrity Anna Nicole Smith brought some star power to the “Spring 2005 Million-Dollar Item Seminar,” presented by the Barbara Fields Buying Office on Oct...
Johnson Joins PacSun
Former Abercrombie & Fitch executive Seth Johnson has been named chief operating officer of Pacific Sunwear of California Inc....
