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: Jeremy Scott
Jeremy Scott’s
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...
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 ...
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...
L.A. Fashion Week Spring '04: Shawn
Designer Yohanna Logan’s latest
State of Independence
Indie designers thrive outside the scope of L.A.’s traditional apparel industry. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
Organic American
Los Angeles–based T-shirt maker American Apparel Inc. has launched an organic cotton line called Sustainable Edition....
