Business Booming at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market
SALT LAKE CITY—Despite the tough economy, business was thriving at the Outdoor Retailer trade show, held Aug. 4–7 at the Salt Lake City Salt Palace....
Gap's Athleta Opens in Manhattan
San Francisco–based Gap Inc. opened two new stores for its Athleta active lifestyle brand on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and Upper West Side. The company plans to open 50 stores by 2013. “Entering New Yo...
Curve Opens San Francisco Boutique
On Fashion’s Night Out, set for Sept. 8, veteran Los Angeles boutique Curve will open its fourth location, but this one will be in San Francisco’s ritzy Pacific Heights section....
Fashion Resource Guide
Brazilian Footwear, a program in partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investments Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), operates as an advocate for the policies favored by the Brazilian shoe industry. The prog...
Customs Officials Scrutinizing Apparel From Central America
In recent months, U.S. customs officials have mounted a campaign to make sure apparel coming in from Central America really does qualify for duty-free status....
You Look Good in 3-D
San Diego movie buffs will get a first look at a collection of fashionable 3-D glasses for sale at the UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas....
Sports Authority Opening More Stores
Colorado-based sports retailer Sports Authority opened six new stores in five states—in Vero Beach, Fla., and Miami, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Chicago, and Milwaukee. At the Los Angeles–area store, l...
Centric PLM App Makes Way for Inspiration
Many fashion companies embraced product lifecycle management software because it offered an orderly, efficient way to track the progress of a fashion line from design to store delivery....
Sourcing & Fabric Resource Guide
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Gerber Adds to YuniquePLM Team
Tolland, Conn.–based Gerber Technology has hired Glenn Funk as PLM (product lifecycle management) solutions manager for Gerber’s YuniquePLM team....
Joor Lands $2.25 Million
New York–based social-networking and e-commerce portal site Joor raised $2.25 million in Series A financing led by Battery Ventures with participation from Lerer Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, L...
National Geographic, the Clothing
This fall, New York–based Greater Clothing Co. will introduce the National Geographic Apparel collection, produced under license with the National Geographic Society. The upscale lifestyle and performa...
Light Traffic, Key Retailers at LA Market
There were orders placed, but traffic was light throughout the Los Angeles Fashion District during the Aug. 8–11 run of Los Angeles Fashion Market....
Brazilian Footwear
Brazilian Footwear, a program in partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investments Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), operates as an advocate for the policies favored by the Brazilian shoe industry. The program watches over the industry’s interests and acts...
7 Diamonds Relaunches
Still from the 7 Diamonds web filmThe business for men’s fashion brand 7 Diamonds has been strictly wholesale. But it waded into retail Aug. 12 when it relaunched its website 7diamonds.com. For the first time, the brand’s website will offer an...
