Body Glove Launches Active Sportswear
In the ’80s, Body Glove International created a zip-up neoprene swimsuit for women. Now the Redondo Beach, Calif.-based surfwear manufacturer is preparing to launch a women’s fitness divi...
Hurley, Lunada Bay Dive Into Juniors
With a strong consumer demand for juniors swimwear in the action-sportswear market, indie label Hurley International Inc. is looking to get in on the action....
Op Taps Mitzi International
Irvine, Calif.–based Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp. has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Mitzi International Handbags & Accessories Lt...
E-Shopping Soars
“Black Friday,” the traditional Holiday shopping kickoff, made the jump to cyberspace. Online consumer spending the day after Thanksgiving rose 28 percent over the previous Friday, and the numbe...
Perry Ellis Rides the Action-Sports Wave
Perry Ellis International Inc. is ready to ride the action-sports wave. The New York–based apparel giant recently purchased indie surfwear maker Redsand Apparel for an undisclosed amo...
Levi's new Hire
Levi Strauss & Co. has replaced outgoing chief financial officer William B. Chiasson with Jim Fogarty, who will serve as an interim chief financial officer. Fogarty is the managing director of Alvarez & Marshal, a co...
Apparel Makers, Mills Deal With Rising Cotton Prices
Climbing cotton prices, which have nearly doubled in the last year, are leaving local apparel manufacturers and textile factories in a quandary about how to keep the lid on prices without gouging thei...
Paxar Eyes Growth With Alkahn Acquisition
White Plains, N.Y.–based label supplier Paxar Corp. recently finalized the acquisition of Hong Kong–based Alkahn Labels Inc., a maker of woven labels, for $25 million....
Loft Living Becoming a Fashionable Move in Downtown L.A.
The Los Angeles Fashion District is taking on a look that it has never seen before. When two projects in the district open their doors, the 90-block section of downtown Los Angeles will contain a majo...
Rock da House
It was only a matter of time before the action-...
Less Than Hoped For
The State Compensation Insurance Fund, the biggest insurer in California, announced that it expected to cut workers’ compensation rates by about 2.9 percent next year. The amount of reduction is less t...
Hello (Dr.) Kitty
Pacoima-based uniform company Strategic Partners Inc. has struck a deal with the Sanrio Co. for a line of Hello Kitty medical uniforms. Tokyo-based Sanrio, which has U.S. headquarters in San Francisco, also announced licensi...
Joyce Azria Launches Solo Label
Every young bird must leave the nest....
Quiksilver Expands Footwear Offerings
Surf industry observers said it was just a matter of time before surfwear giant Quiksilver Inc. entered the men’s footwear market. Last month, the Huntington Beach, Calif.–based appare...
A&F Pulls Catalog
New Albany, Ohio–based chain retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co., which has drawn fire for its racy catalog from several consumer groups, has pulled the catalog from stores to make room for the new A...
