McCracken's New Gig
Steve McCracken, who served as president of Invista before the DuPont textiles and interiors division was sold to Koch Industries, has been named president and chief executive officer of Owens-Illinois. The T...
CMC's Street Couture
The California Market Center in Los Angeles kicked off its new street couture concept on the 11th floor with a party and art exhibition on March 20. The art show was held in the space that will house...
Teen Value
Teen shoppers are on the hunt for bargains at discount retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target. So says Port Washington, N.Y.–based research firm The NPD Group, which found that three out of four teens s...
SIMA Taps Slater, Quiksilver Picks Up DC Shoes
SIMA to Honor Slater...
L.A. Fashion Week Showrooms
In addition to the Los Angeles Fashion Week runway lineup, there are several showrooms previewing up-and-coming and young designers....
A.V.I.D. Opens L.A. Facility
Sublimation printer A.V.I.D. Inc. opened a Los Angeles office and printing facility in mid-February as a satellite to the company’s headquarters in Corona, Calif....
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Ten Shops to Watch
Los Angeles is a great boutique town—there are iconic specialty stores spread across the city and throughout the Southern California region....
Proposed Fashion Museum Gains Support of L.A. Cultural Affairs Dept.
The Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, which last week narrowly escaped the city’s budget axe, has pledged support for a longplanned fashion industry museum in downtown Los Angeles....
Technology Making the Grade at Fashion Schools
The next generation of apparel designers and merchandisers emerging from California’s fashion colleges and trade schools should be more technically skilled than ever if recent investments in new techno...
PAD Jumps the Learning Curve
CAD/CAM provider PAD System Technologies Inc. is learning that education can lead to a profitable path for technology companies and their customers....
Tukatech to Launch New CAD Product
Los Angeles–based CAD/CAM provider Tukatech Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire an Indian software company that will produce Tukatech’s next generation of CAD software, T...
Ares Buys Maidenform
Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund LP, the private equity division of Los Angeles–based Ares Management LLC, announced plans to purchase Maidenform Inc., subject to closing conditions. The lingerie gian...
Fashion's Future Leaders
About 800 fashion design and merchandise students from Southern California community colleges turned out for the California Community College Fashion Symposium on M...
B.U.M. Equipment Shoes
B.U.M. Equipment has signed a licensing deal with the Brown Shoe Co. for a line of Bum Equipment men’s, women’s and children’s shoes. The B.U.M. brand, founded in Seattle and later based in Los Angeles, is now o...
