Tukatech Increases Productivity for Apparel Maker
Tukatech Inc., the Los Angeles– based vendor of software solutions for the apparel industry, said its technology has recently helped a garment manufacturer significantly increase its productiv...
Yotam Solomon's Fashion Week
Footwear from Drugs DNA collection featured some details intended to look like pills. Photo credit: Felix Salzman/LookBookLA.For Yotam Solomon, the way to make a splash at Los Angeles Fashion Week was to produce a subtle, yet unconventional show.The...
Immediates, Items and Price Drive L.A. Market
Buyers are still placing orders closer to season, still considering prices carefully and still looking for the perfect items that will prompt consumers to spend. That was the word from the M...
Fight Over Swipe Fees Continues
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill, called the Debit Interchange Fee Study Act, as a countermeasure to the Federal Reserve’s plans to regulate debit-exchange fees. The Fed has called...
Demand Up for Commercial Space
According to CB Richard Ellis, the commercial real estate services firm, commercial real estate is beginning to show signs of recovery nationally....
Fred Segal Makes Room for Royal Plush
Royal Plush Clothing has sold in Bloomingdale’s and been featured on reality show “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” and on March 1, it opened a shop at th...
Foreign Trade Zones No Longer Foreign to Apparel Companies
The exotic world of Foreign Trade Zones has begun to open up for Los Angeles apparel importers....
New Organic Standards Open Door to Performance Characteristics
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has been expanded to include certain performance fibers and finishes, paving the way to make more activewear GOTScertified....
Sephora Chief Joins Guess
Jacques Levy, former president and chief executive officer of Sephora Worldwide, joined Guess? Inc. as founder’s adviser. Levy will work closely with Guess cofounder Paul Marciano and the company’s exec...
Mexican Truckers Might Start Heading North Soon
Mexican trucks could be crossing the border by this summer to deliver goods into the United States....
Los Angeles Fashion Week: Jen Awad
Quirky bows, scarabs and metal studs collided on the runway in Jen Awad’s
Thread Show for Emerging Designs Kicks Off Ninth Season
Thread, a consumer show for emerging designers and artists, will kick off its ninth show season on April 3 at the Horton Event Space in San Diego....
Wet Seal Names New President
Ken Seipel will join The Wet Seal Inc., based in Foothill Ranch, Calif., as the retailer’s president and chief operating officer, it was announced March 21. ...
Retail Tenants' Market in 2011
2011 might be the year that the retail real estate business catches its breath....
Ai For Ai: Contemporary Focus Inspired by Different Worlds
The Ai sisters of Los Angeles’ Echo Park neighborhood hail from different worlds. Carol designed children’s clothing for a private-label company, and Elizabeth is a writer and filmmaker. She produced the...
