Wal-Mart Review
Bentonville, Ark.–based retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced plans to review the payroll records of its 1.1 million U.S. employees and terminate anyone who is not legally employed. The announcement come...
Show Down at Sew Down
You can dance, drink, see a fashion show and buy clothing at Sew Down, a music and fashion event conceived by Los Angeles designer Atousa and youth culture marketing company Green Ga...
Hot Tempered and Novelty-Driven
Commerce, Calif.–based apparel maker Tantrum Apparel, makers of the 1-year-old Hot Tempered juniors label, launched a second line...
Russ Moves
The California Market Center has landed a long-term lease with Russ Berrie and Co. Inc., the makers of plush toys, gifts and home accessories for children. Russ will open a 14,000-square-foot showroom...
New Look for Market
The Intersection just got more connected. The crosswalks that link the four corners of the California Market Center, the Gerry Building, ...
Long Beach Company Takes Different Approach to Software Business
Add Long Beach, Calif.–based Apriso Corp. to the growing list of software companies offering supply-chain management solutions for production-heavy industries such as apparel and textiles....
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '04: Bao Tranchi
Bao Tranchi debuted her self-named line on Oct. 27 during Smashbox Fashion Week with a Goth-laden “Exiled Royalty” collection that was a superbly executed exercise in m...
Gerber Expands Reach in China
Gerber Technology Inc. is expanding its CAD/CAM development in China....
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '04: Daly Bain
Los Angeles–based design team Pauline Daly and Daniel Bain quietly created Daly Bain, their minimalist and at times avant-garde line, for five years before hosting their...
Fire Funds
Tenants in the Gerry Building in the Los Angeles Fashion District are collecting funds to be given to the Red Cross to benefit the victims of the Southern California fires. ...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '04: Shawn
Designer Yohanna Logan’s latest
Westfield Malls to Develop Own Energy Source
Two Southern California shopping malls will be among the first in the nation to get their own power sources....
Global Employment Down
Factory jobs are decreasing worldwide, according to a recent report by New York–based Alliance Capital Management LP. The report found that factory jobs dropped more than 11 percent globally between 19...
Save Your Energy
Californians could be looking at another energy shortage, according to a recent report by the California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO), which operates the state’s power grid. The state appears to have ...
Smashbox Lounge Lineup
Accessories and apparel designers will also be part of the lineup at Smashbox Fashion Week in the Smashbox Lounge....
