FedEx Event Spotlights Global Logistics
The future of Southern California and FedEx’s role in that future for apparel and textile manufacturers were on the agenda at an Aug. 24 dinner seminar hosted by the Memphis, Tenn.–bas...
New Line From 4Whatitsworth
4Whatitsworth Inc., maker of Tyte juniors denim and sportswear, will bow its first misses denim collection at New York Market Week this month. The...
From JLo to Nautica
Denise Seegal, former Sweetface Fashion LLC president and chief executive officer, has left the company that produces the JLo brand and has joined the VF Corp.’s Nautica division as president and chief...
Hot Topic Announces 90-Store Expansion
Hot Topic, Inc. announced the company will open 90 stores by the end of 2004 during an Aug. 18 conference call on its second quarter earnings. The announcement came on the heels of disappoint...
Melrose Heights Parties for More Traffic
The hunt for new customers never ends for retailers. When the 11 boutique owners of the Melrose Heights Merchants’ Association pooled their resources for the first time in two years to attract...
Big Sourcing Show Headed for Miami Beach
Frank Yuan, the organizer of the ASAP Global Sourcing Show, is heading east to organize an international sourcing show in Miami Beach next year....
Wet Seal Treads Water As Wall Street Wonders About Retailer's Future
After burning through tons of cash and reporting a huge quarterly loss, The Wet Seal Inc. may have run out of pixie dust, according to many Wall Street analysts. Its only choice for survival...
Kasil to Debut Men's Line at MAGIC
Eighteen-month-old premium denim brand Kasil will debut its men’s line at MAGIC International Aug. 30–Sept. 2. The 15-piece collection will feature distinctive trimmings of plaid, cord...
California Vintage Bows West Coast Showroom
Los Angeles designer Carl Jones found anew home for his California couture collection, California Vintage. The casual sportswear designer is getting ready to open a 1,440-square-foot showroo...
True Religion's Leaders
Jeffrey and Kymberly Lubell and Mark Saltzman will continue as directors of True Religion Apparel Inc., it was decided at the publicly held company’s recent annual general meeting. Stonefield Josephson Inc. was named the comp...
Topsy Turvy Goes Right Side Up
Two native Frenchmen and longtime California residents have taken a small accessories line and invigorated it with typical Gallic panache....
Action Girl Turns Into No Action
After a dismal turnout by buyers, Action Girl, a relatively new trade show focusing on young female skateboarders and surfers, is closing...
Fiscal Fitness
Determining which employees qualify for overtime pay...
FIDM Students Get a Fashion Primer From Sue Wong
Los Angeles designer Sue Wong gave students at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising a quick Reality 101 class during an Aug. 18 talk at the design school’s downtown Los...
IT Companies Strive for Total Automation
Information technology companies have found ways to automate just about every step of business that takes place within the apparel industry. The only problem is that many of these so-called “best-of-br...
