Safeguard Measure
The American Apparel & Footwear Association of Washington, D.C., joined by three other trade groups, has written the U.S. Department of Commerce to object to any considerations being made regardin...
Industry 212 Postponed Indefinitely
Organizers of the Industry 212 trade show, originally scheduled for Nov. 1–3 in New York, said the event has been postponed indefinitely so that producers can “reshape” the show,...
NuBra Maker Sues N.Y. Innerwear Co.
Intimate apparel maker Bragel International Inc., based in Pomona, Calif., has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against Staten Island, N.Y.–based NY In...
Credible Contemporary
Fashion industry veteran Sheri Drobnick unveiled her new women’s contemporary line, Credibility by Sheri Drobnick, on Sept. 8 at the Los Angeles Apparel Mart in d...
Court Rules That Seven for All Mankind Owes Former Partners More Than $55 Million
Los Angeles manufacturer Peter Koral, maker of the high-end blue jeans label Seven for All Mankind, is weighing his options after a court ruled he must pay his former partners $55.5 ...
Prospecting on Ventura Boulevard
Gary Friedman felt like a pioneer in 1991 when he opened fashion boutique Dungaree on a stretch of Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, Calif., that was lined with banks, not retailers....
Tukatech Forms Software Alliance
Los Angeles–based CAD/CAM provider Tukatech Inc. has formed a partnership with Baltimore-based Polygon Software to market Polygon’s business management software applications under the ...
Target Launches Web Site for Custom Orders
Target Corp. is getting a piece of the made-to-measure business. The retailer has launched Target to a T, a Web venture that allows visitors to order custom-fit clothing....
Action-Sports Retailers Find Confidence Is Up
SAN DIEGO—When Volcom employees dressed as clowns started juggling balls, riding around on unicycles and tossing stickers from their company’s booth, the tone of the Action Sports Reta...
Goldschmied Remains in L.A., Plans to Launch Sportswear, Denim Line
Italian denim designer Adriano Goldschmied, who recently left denim maker Koos Manufacturing Inc. in Los Angeles, plans to launch his own line of sportswear and denim for the Fall 2005 season...
Name Game
Federated Department Stores Inc. is planning to change the name of all 184 regional department stores in its five-chain group to the Macy’s nameplate early next year. Federated is the parent company of 239 Macy’s stores, as well as Burdines- Macy’s in Florida...
Indra to Help Redsand With Order Processing
Lifestyle brand Redsand has automated its order-processing operations with San Diego–based Indra Technology Inc.’s Escape software system....
World of Fashion Design Has New Challenges
Los Angeles fashion school graduates are facing a new set of challenges thanks to growing global competition and the bright spotlight currently on the city’s fashion scene....
Port Congestion Only Gets Worse
A lingering labor shortage, increased shipping traffic and the Labor Day holiday have all contributed to a major traffic jam at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif....
Roka Signs Software Deal
Jacksonville, Fla.–based innerwear maker Roka Apparel Products LLC has signed on to use New Generation Computing Inc.’s RedHorse enterprise resource...
