Bizzaro
The New Mart, suite 1100 (213) 683-9904 ...
Factory 2-U Files
San Diego–based off-price retailer Factory 2-U filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing plans to restructure about $73.5 million in debt. The company operates more than 240 stores and plans t...
Signs of Economic Recovery Lift Spirits at San Francisco Market
SAN FRANCISCO—Northern California retailers and apparel manufacturers from around the world greeted the new year with the Golden Gate Apparel Association’s (GGAA) Fashion Market San F...
New at Sandler & Travis
Trade consulting firm Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services has hired Dennis Curran as vice president of global development. Curran will concentrate on the global expansion of the company’s cons...
CMC to Open quot;Street Couturequot; Section
The California Market Center in Los Angeles is opening a new section, dubbed “Street Couture,” for alternative and street clothing lines....
Mac & Jac
California Market Center B388(213) 488-3371 ...
RFID Gets Top Billing at NRF Expo
With apparel industry suppliers scurrying to comply with the radio frequency identification (RFID) mandates set by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.,...
Kellwood's Phat Deal
St. Louis–based apparel maker Kellwood Co. has acquired New York–based Phat Fashions, makers of the Phat Farm, Baby Phat and Phat labels. Phat Fashions founder Russell Simmons and his wife, Baby Phat fo...
Action Girl, Resort Lines Join Surf Expo in Orlando San Francisco Market
ORLANDO, FLA.—Fresh styles and a new buyer-friendly format at the Jan. 10–12 run of Surf Expo, held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., gave exhibitors an...
Holiday Sales: Mixed Bag
It was the strongest Holiday season since 1999, according to Michael Niemira, chief economist for the New York–based International Council of Shopping Centers. Comparable-store sales grew more than 4...
Textile Employment Down
Textile employment nationwide fell by 10 percent to 428,000 in 2003, according to the American Textile Manufacturers Institute in its recently released annual year-end trade report. “The indust...
Positively Third Street
Bracketed between two of the biggest retail attractions in Los Angeles, an unlikely new group of retailers has popped up on the mile of Third Street between The Grove and the Beverly Center....
Rocawear Juniors
Gerry Building, suite 304(213) 629-0107...
On Beverly Heads to Sunset
Since 2000, Shawna Stein has brought her special touch to couture at her boutique On Beverly. Now the veteran retailer is bringing On Beverly to Sunset Boulevard....
Griffith Joins CMC Leasing Staff
The California Market Center in Los Angeles has hired Megan Griffith as director of leasing, fashion. Griffith will head up leasing for the women’s contemporary category, as well as for the sw...
