Tavik: Call iPhone 5
Tavik's branded iPhone 5 cases. Photo courtesy of Tavik.One of the biggest steps for a clothing line is to roll out a lifestyle collection. Think fragrance, footwear, eyewear, the possibilities for extending the brand seem endless.Enter Tavik. The...
DVF Through the Google Glass
Diane Von Furstenberg released a nifty fashion week video on YouTube—shot using Google Glasses, the buzzy interactive wearable computer people are talking about. The glasses are essentially a mini computer aimed right at your eye, allowing you to read text, look...
With 1960s Sizzle, Macy’s Fights AIDS
Just 24 hours after Fashion’s Night Out, another rollicking fashion party was produced in Los Angeles....
Can Wet Seal Resurface? Retailer Faces Bid Over Board Control, Discrimination and Declining Sales
It is a season of discontent for The Wet Seal Inc.—and a proxy fight for control of the board of the Foothill Ranch, Calif.–based specialty retailer is just the latest in the company’s...
Port Negotiations Resume, but Shippers Prepare for Sept. 30 Strike Deadline
Shades of the 2002 West Coast port strike loom over contract negotiations between East and Gulf Coast ports and longshore workers as talks resume Sept. 17 after a nearly one-month acrimonious rupture....
Holiday Sales Forecast: 3.3 Percent Increase
In one of the first forecasts for the 2012 Holiday shopping season, Chicago-based ShopperTrak predicted that national retail sales will increase 3.3 percent compared with last year, said Bill...
Cargo Container Volumes Will Be Up at U.S. Ports
September will be a busy month for U.S. ports bringing in goods for the all-important Holiday shopping season....
Surf Expo: Mood, Attendance Up
The Sept. 6–8 run of Surf Expo in Orlando, Fla., drew more than 6,000 buyers, who turned out to view more than 2,400 lines....
Education Required for Entry-level Retail Jobs, Analysts Say
The Friedman Group, a Culver City, Calif.–based retail consulting and training group with 10 offices around the world, recently introduced an online sales education course called Gold Star Selling—...
The Newest Style: Martin Luther King Jr.
Zion Rootswear's MLK T-shirts.For anyone who has walked through a reggae concert, the name Zion Rootswear is familiar. For years, the Florida-based company has designed and wholesaled Bob Marley T-shirts.The company recently announced a partnership...
"Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel" Presented at LACMA
Diana Vreeland has been called the “empress of fashion.” And attendees at the Costume Council of LACMA’s Monday night screening of the soon-to-be-released documentary film “Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel,” now have a deeper understanding why.The crowd, which...
Levi’s Taps Swim, Action-Sports Exec for Dockers
There’s a new chief of the Dockers division at Levi Strauss & Co. The San Francisco–based apparel giant named Seth Ellison as president of its Dockers brand, succeeding Anne Rohosy, who ha...
Top Stories--Catch Up on Your Reading
Here's a list of the top-read stories from the past week on ApparelNews.net ranging from breaking news to new lines and pioneering retailers. If you missed any, now's your chance to catch up on...
Man in the Hot Pink Suit
Mark in his hot pink suitYou come across the most interesting, or different, people when you venture around town for Fashion's Night Out.I was at the Guess store on Rodeo Drive last Thursday for Fashion's Night Out...
Macy's Glamorama & Afterparty
The finale to the sizzling Macy's Passport Presents Glamorama. Robin Thicke, pictured at the mike stand, led the rousing finale. Photo by Volker Corell.It’s the beginning of the dirty 30s for the event Macy’s Passport PresentsGlamorama, which held a 30th anniversary party...
