Retail Spending on Anti-Theft Technology 'Lumpy,' Study Finds
Retail shrink, including shoplifting and internal theft, has hit its highest level since 2007, according to a recent study that saw the shrink rate hit $119 billion worldwide. ...
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Beware of the Grinch who Stole Cyber Monday
Watch where you surf, employees! A new survey, released just in time for the holidays, found 60 percent of companies plan to squelch online shopping during work hours by blocking employees’ access to e-tail sites. The survey, conducted by Robert Half Technology, an IT placement agency,...
FIDM Prepares Design Students for Global Success!
FIDM is an internationally recognized forcein the Fashion, Graphics, Interior Design, and Entertainment Industries.Whether creating strong industry partnerships with companies who mentorstudents inside and outside the classroom or cultivating relationships with topbrands, our goal is to create incredible career opportunities for our studentsand graduates! Hands-on experience is anintegral part of FIDM’s educational program. Our dedicated CareerCenter staff, with an unparalleled ratio of staff to students, assists studentsin finding part–time positions in their respective fields while they are incollege. FIDM students have had opportunities to work for Michael Kors, GUESS?,Bloomingdale's, Old Navy, Forever 21, Juicy Couture, Saks Fifth Avenue, andmany more, all before they graduate! TheFIDM Career Center also offers FIDM Students on–campus recruitment and jobfairs throughout the year part–time jobs can lead to career positions aftergraduation. Career Center events help promote FIDM talent, establish importantconnections with industry professionals, and ensure the success of FIDMStudents and Alumni in their industry careers. Many of the industry’sbest-known retailers, from high-end designer labels and luxury brands towell-known department stores and specialty boutiques, show up for FIDM JobFairs. Our graduates are happy to come back to campus and share theirexperiences, offer advice, and network with students from every major. Upon graduation, FIDM Alumnibecome a part of global FIDM network that includes more than 40,000 graduatesranging from buyers for the hottest stores, to creators of award winning movietrailers, to Oscar®, Emmy®, and Ifyou are an employer interested in posting job positions for FIDM Students orGraduates, and becoming a part of our vast fashion network, please contact theCareer Center ( FIDM. The college of creative thinking.
Dressed to Dance
Trade Talk’s Jeffrey Younger has been following “Dancing With the Stars” all season giving us the dancer’s take on the show. This week, we look at the fashion on the show when Trade Talk’s Deidre Crawford goes...
Torrid to Expand to Strip-Mall Locations
For Hot Topic Inc.’s Torrid division, the future is in strip malls....
Kitson Opens Santa Barbara
Kitson's new shop in Santa Barbara. Photo credit Kitson.Kitson started the holidayswith a splash. The high profile Los Angeles-based boutique chain opened a new store Nov. 18 inthe stylish and affluent town of Santa Barbara. Kitson owner Fraser Ross...
Nike's 'Back to the Future' Sneaker Auction Nets $9.4M for Parkinson
After a 10-day auction on eBay, Nike helped raise $4.7 million for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research with the sale of 1,500 pairs of limited-edi...
L.A. Investor Alec Gores Sees Future in Apparel and Retail
For 25 years, Los Angeles billionaire Alec Gores has made his fortune by turning around underperforming technology and industrial companies and selling them for a nifty profit....
Agenda: Filling Up Empty Space
For Aaron Levant, the interior of the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center is nothing but empty space....
’Thriller’ Jacket Lawsuit to Be Resolved, Bohbot Says
After a lawsuit was filed by three brothers of music superstar Michael Jackson, manufacturer and showroom owner Steeve Bohbot said...
New COO, Talent Chief Named to JC Penney
Plano, Texas–based JCPenney Co. Inc. named Michael W. Kramer chief operating officer, beginning in December. Kramer was previously president and c...
It's All In The Show
Lifestyle blogger Marcus Troy gives California Apparel News the scoop on connecting fashion bloggers to brands. “Personally, I’ve always had this dream of putting together a trade show for bloggers…. my blogger friends were always wanting to know ’How do we reach brands?,’ and brands were always...
American Apparel Expands Cosmetics Offerings
First T-shirts, then underwear, then denim and now cosmetics. Los Angeles–based American Apparel followed up the launch of nail polish under the American Apparel brand with a collection of Ame...
Visual Display: Designing a Better Trade Show
David Winston has an antidote to cure the common trade show blues....
