New LA Apparel Show Debuts at CMC
More than 100 booths filled with all sorts of clothing filled the vast 13th-floor penthouse at the California Market Center, marking the very first Los Angeles Apparel Show.
Imports Heat Up for Holidays
According to a recent National Retail Federation report, merchandise imports at the country’s major ports will be up 5.1 percent in September and 9 percent in October compared with last year.
Strategies for Saving on Customs Duties
Customs considers pockets below the waist or any type of tightening at the bottom to be “non-blouse” features. Adding pockets to a blouse can allow an importer to take advantage of the lower duty rate. Adding elastic, a drawstring, rib knitting or other tightening element to the bottom of a blouse will similarly lower the duty rate on a blouse.
Edit, a New, Upscale Women’s Show, to Bow in New York in February
Business Journals Fashion Group—the organizers of MRket, Moda, Stitch and Accessories The Show—will launch a new women’s trade show in February in New York.
Surf Expo Introduces New Lifestyle Section, New Consumer-Focused Partnership
Buyers attending the recent Surf Expo, held Sept. 6–8 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., had a wide selection of surf and swim merchandise to shop.
MAFI Award to Be Presented at FBI’s All Aboard Fashion Week Fund-raiser
The Moss Adams Fashion Innovator (MAFI) award will be presented to a Los Angeles designer during a runway show and fashion fund-raiser hosted by Fashion Business Inc. during Los Angeles Fashion Week.
Planet Blue Launches New Site, Same-Day Delivery
Planet Blue is taking e-commerce to the next level. The Los Angeles–area multi-store retailer relaunched its website and now offers same-day shipping in select areas of Southern California. Soon, it will begin offering free international shipping to 100 countries.
Apparel News Group Purchased by Industry Veteran Terry Martinez
MnM Publishing announced that it has sold its Apparel News Group, including its flagship 68-year-old fashion-industry newsweekly, the California Apparel News, to Terry L. Martinez and her company, TLM Publishing Inc. Martinez, formerly the publication’s director of sales and marketing, has taken the reins as CEO and publisher.
LA Designer to Headline Palm Springs Fashion Weekend
First Palm Springs Fashion Weekend will be long on glamour.
Bethann Hardison’s Model Behavior
Bethann Hardison is on a mission to bring diversity to fashion's runways.
First Retail Fur Ban in Nation Goes Into Effect in West Hollywood
On Sept. 21, West Hollywood, Calif., will become the only city in America where selling clothing made with fur is a crime.
Female Fashion Brand Roxy Receives Some Criticism
Three-time world champion pro-surfer Cori Schumacher is expected to deliver more than 20,000 signatures from her Change.org campaign
