California Shopping Mall Company Expands in Arizona
The Macerich Co., based in Santa Monica, Calif., recently completed its acquisition of the Biltmore Fashion Park from Taubman Centers Inc. The purchase adds another mall t...
Brand Building North of the Border
Mexican label opens retail store in downtown Los Angeles...
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 ...
Crush Boutique Parties in Malibu
Is Malibu a haven for clothes with a conservative cut? Not if Crush Boutique is throwing the party....
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....
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...
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....
2003 Retrospective: Textile and Apparel Imports and Exports
China has overtaken Mexico as the main source of apparel and textile imports for the United States, growing 33 percent during the first three quarters of 2003 while Mexico’s imports dropped 5.27 percen...
Economists Project Growth for California and Apparel Industry in 2004
Economic gurus have been reading the tea leaves to decipher what next year will bring for California.They conclude the economy will be growing at a faster clip next year and that that growth will tric...
CMC Sets New Agenda, Leadership
New Year’s is still a couple of weeks away, but the management of the Los Angeles–based California Market Center is already preparing for 2004 with a new advisory council made up of CMC tenants...
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....
NPR Program Focuses on L.A. Fashion District
National Public Radio station KPCC 89.3 FM shone a spotlight on the ever-changing Los Angeles Fashion District on Dec. 17 in a two-hour live broad...
No. 1 Shirt
Carlsbad-based golf apparel maker Ashworth Inc. was named the No. 1 golf shirt for the seventh consecutive year by the annual Darrell Consumer Survey. Ashworth golf shirts have 12.6 percent market sha...
Costume Award
The Costume Designers Guild will bestow several honorary awards at its sixth annual Costume Designers Guild Awards on Feb. 21 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. James Acheson will receive the Bulgari Career Achievement awa...
