Execs See Improved Tech Investments in 2004
The year 2003 was one of optimism for technology providers. Apparel industry clients finally loosened their investment dollars after realizing enhancements to their bottom lines through the use of aut...
TALA to Celebrate 60 Years
The Textile Association of Los Angeles (TALA) will celebrate its 60th anniversary with an inaugural luncheon and installation on Jan. 22, 2004....
Tukatech Moves TukaCenter Into FBI Facility
Los Angeles–based CAD software supplier Tukatech Inc. will shutter its 2-year-old TukaCenter design studio in Los Angeles and shift operations into...
Russell Big and Tall
Atlanta-based athletic apparel maker Russell Athletic struck a four-year licensing deal with New York–based Profile, which will merchandise and distribute a line of big-and-tall apparel under the Russe...
Greek Drama
A group representing African-American sororities and fraternities has sued shoemaker Converse, charging unfair competition and copyright infringement regarding a collection of shoes named GreekPak. The shoes ...
TALA Christmas
It was a full house at the
Stony Apparel at New Address
Stony Apparel has consolidated its headquarters and manufacturing facility at one address in downtown Los Angeles. The company moved its operations on Dec. 15 to one 200,000-square-foot building at 1...
Crush Boutique Parties in Malibu
Is Malibu a haven for clothes with a conservative cut? Not if Crush Boutique is throwing the party....
Anti-CAFTA
The American Textile Manufacturers Institute issued a statement in opposition to the Central American Free Trade Agreement and urged Congress to vote down the trade bill. The Washington, D.C.–based org...
2003 Retrospective Retail Sales: Recovery for Some
In a year of economic uncertainty, consumers kept shopping. But they chose where to spend their money carefully, opting for high-end merchandise, rock-bottom bargains or spot-on merchandising for specialty ...
2003 Retrospective
The U.S. economy lurched toward recovery in 2003, and the apparel industry also showed signs that business was picking up....
2003 Retrospective: Real Estate: Rents Up for Retail
Despite a slight uptick in interest rates during the second half of 2003, the California retail and commercial real estate market held firm this year....
FIDM Lights Up L.A.
The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) is dressing up downtown in lights for the holidays. FIDM decorated its downtown building with white lights and erected a 25-foot Holiday eve...
Silicon Shoes
Westford, Mass.–based sneaker maker Puma has opened a 3,000-square-foot concept store, called Sportlifestyle, at the Valley Fair Mall in San Jose....
St. John Taps Raj Manufacturing Inc.
With the fashion world’s growing appetite for high-end swimwear, women’s better apparel maker St. John Knits Inc. is ready to take a multi-million-dollar plunge....
