BCBG Signs New Licenses
The BCBG Max Azria Group—maker of better apparel for women, men and juniors— has added two new licenses to its signature label, BCBG Max Azria....
Anaheim Makeover
Work has started on a $100 million development aimed at reviving downtown Anaheim. The project, called the Center Street Promenade, will cover seven acres and include retail shops, restaurants, office...
AAFA's L.A. Symposium: Taking the Fast Track to Market
The need for speed—and the tools to help speed up the supply chain—topped the agenda at the American Apparel and Footwear Association’s “Speed to Market”...
Suit Celebration
Nonprofit group Dress For Success has launched a nationwide call for donations to the group’s S.O.S.—Send One Suit—program, which the organization will kick off next month. For one week, March 14–20, the group wi...
KFWB Hosts Power Breakfast at CMC
International trade is the engine that keeps the Southern California economy chugging along, and the Los Angeles apparel industry contributes a major share....
4R Releases New Markdown Manager
Wayne, Penn.–based 4R Systems Inc. has released a new markdown management system called MaxOut....
Fighting E-Fraud
Online retailers are boosting their spending on anti-fraud measures, according to a study released by the Merchants Risk Council. The study found that 17 percent of e-tailers boosted their spending on...
FIDM Costume Exhibit Opens
The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising’s 12th annual “The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” exhibition opened on Jan. 30 at the school’s Museum Galleries in downt...
Oracle, Microsoft Break Into RFID
Technology powerhouses Oracle Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are jumping on the RFID bandwagon. The software providers will incorporate tools for radio frequency identification t...
MAGIC Brand Building
Representatives from Avirex, Dollhouse, Teen People and Stuff magazines will be among the panelists at a MAGIC International seminar titled “Brand Cohesion,” hosted by the Gal...
Fashion Designer's Archives Find Home at UCLA Library
Designer Bonnie Cashin grew up working at her mother’s custom dressmaking shops in San Francisco and Los Angeles. By the time she was a young woman, she was off to New York to design costumes ...
Long-Suffering O.C. Shopping Mall Set for Demolition, Renovation
The longtime loser in Orange County’s mall wars may finally be on its way to becoming a big winner...
Nicole's Golf Gear
New York–based designer Nicole Miller has struck a deal with Phoenix-based Glove It LLC for a line of golf gloves in novelty prints, coordinating accessories, pouches and visors. The collection bowed a...
Custom Mannequins Evoke the Changing Face of Fashion
Need a barometer of society’s changing beauty ideals? Call Norman Glazer at Patina-V. Retailers around the world employ him to build mannequins their shoppers will find ravishing....
QRS Rolls Out Product Data Tracker
Richmond, Calif.–based QRS Corp., best known for its EDI (electronic data interchange) catalogs for retailers, is expanding into the enterprise software arena with a new product calle...
