Gap Makes Key Appointments
San Francisco–based Gap Inc. has hired two technology executives to manage its supply chain and management systems. The retailer named Nick J. Cullen as its new executive vice president and ch...
It's Who You're Not
Beaverton, Ore.–based shoe giant Nike Inc. has set out to prove there’s life after Michael for its Jordan brand of footwear, named for the now-retired basketball star. The company has launched an ad campaign for the Jordan brand calle...
Tukatech Web Venture Showing Fast Growth
Los Angeles–based Tukatech Inc. is trying to help the local apparel industry become a workplace that never sleeps....
Prima Yana
Yana Khromova took one small step up Melrose—and one giant leap up market....
Going Into Overdrive With New Juniors Line
Global Clothing Network Inc. launched Overdrive, a branded juniors division, in November 2002. Global Clothing, an 18-year-old domestic wovens importer and private-label manufacturer based i...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '04: Corey Lynn Calter
Corey Lynn Calter had showcased her Fall 2003 line at Smashbox Studios in Culver City by going stark-raving Mod, with models referred to as “secret agents.” For Calter’s...
GQ Hero
American Apparel owner Dov Charney has been named one of GQ’s “Local Heroes” in the magazine’s November “Men of the Year” issue. The publication cites Charney’s effor...
Old Is New Again
West Bank Clothing showroom is relaunching two Los Angeles–based lines, Melanie Apple and Mo & Su, during Los Angeles Market Week....
Kick-Off Party
Mayor Hahn, council members Jan Perry and Antonio Villaraigosa, Fashion District Business Improvement District Director Kent Smith and a throng of Halloween-costumed Otis College of ...
Blue Tattoo Gets Dressed Up
Denim label Blue Tattoo is adding dresses to the mix....
Tawny Be Good
Tawny Kitaen had just finished shopping at Flair For Women, one of her favorite boutiques in Costa Mesa, Calif. It was her birthday, and when she sat in her car she opened the birthday card from store owner ...
Montana Avenue, Mecca for Indie Retailers
It’s a classic Los Angeles showdown: the small number of native Angelenos versus the endless throng of transplants....
Dallas Center Appoints New VP
Former AmericasMart Atlanta executive Peg Canter has joined the Dallas Market Center as its new vice president of trade events. She will oversee temporary leasing f...
Local Company Named in Apparel Smuggling Case
A well-known Los Angeles apparel executive has been accused of smuggling apparel from China in a scheme that had goods allegedly headed for Mexico ending up in U.S. stores including ...
So Low
The Federal Reserve held shortterm interest rates at the 45-year-low of 1 percent in an effort to continue to bolster the economy. The Fed issued a statement indicating interest rates could be kept lo...
