Burke Joins Dickies Girl
Chris Burke has joined juniors casual apparel maker Dickies Girl as marketing director. He reports to Masud Sarshar, chief executive officer and president....
CFA Panel Tackles Calif.'s Strict Labor Laws
Apparel manufacturers and retailers have to navigate a maze of labor laws to keep their operations above-board and profitable....
Fed Raises Rates
As anticipated, the Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by one-quarter of a percentage point after four years of lowering and holding interest rates to stave off recession....
Night at the Gallery
The owners of Los Angeles boutiques Noni and Black Market LA feel that fashion is art. So when both stores hosted parties on June 25, it was no surprise that fine artists were at the...
Columbia Cracks Down on Counterfeiters
Portland, Ore.–based manufacturer Columbia Sportswear Co., with the help of Chinese authorities in the Fujian province cities of Jinjiang and Shishi, raided several factories and seized more than 8,100 pieces ...
Guess Goes Upscale With Marciano
Guess? Inc. wants to get into the upscale retail business....
Group Strikes Gold With Red Hats
Fashion tends to fixate on youth, but in the past year, companies have been clamoring to license products for The Red Hat Society Inc., a national club for women aged 50 and older....
Seven Lawsuit Adds Up to Confusion
A long and drawn-out lawsuit dispute among the founders of Seven for All Mankind ended with a jury recommending that the creative forces behind the company be paid $5.5 million in pr...
Left-Leaning Tees
Caitlin Blue doesn’t mince words when discussing her political views—or the concept behind her T-shirt line, Clothing of the American Mind....
Retail Key to $1.2 Billion Grand Avenue Project
The centerpiece of the highly anticipated Grand Avenue Project will be a 16-acre park adjacent to Los Angeles City Hall....
Gottschalks' New Concept
Fresno-based retailer Gottschalks Inc. will open a two-level, 100,000-square-foot concept store in the River Park area of Fresno in the spring of 2005. The new store will be the only full-line departm...
Surf School Confidential
Typically, celebrities and athletes, not surfing instructors, launch their own fashion lines and stores. However, Izzy Tihanyi, founder of the Surf Diva Surf School, opened a 2,000-s...
FGI Panel Looks at L.A.'s Fashion Future
Is Los Angeles on the global fashion map? That was the question posed to Los Angeles designers David Cardona, Louis Verdad and Nony Tochterman of Petro Zillia at a June 14 p...
Wal-Mart Discrimination Suit
A group of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company, charging the Bentonville, Ark.–based retail giant used discriminatory practices in paying and promoting ...
Dyers, Finishers Explore Ozone Technology
Commerce, Calif.–based Jantex Inks & Beyond Inc. has brought ozone finishing to the West Coast market....
