Apparel News Daily Reader
Oscar red carpet: Meryl Street, Sandra Bullock, more stars shine in white and pale good (Los Angeles Times' All the Rage)Texture rules on the red...
Livity Opening Flagship Store
Eco-fashion is more than a marketing concept for Al Gore fans. It’s a business model to build a thriving fashion company, said Isaac Nichelson, founder of the eco-brand Livity Outernational. N...
Class Trade Show Catches Post-Las Vegas Business
For Jason Bates, the most lucrative business takes place at the last minute. ...
Trade Growth Could Lead to Shortage in Ships
Cargo container traffic on the Asia to West Coast route will see modest growth this year after seeing a 16 percent drop last year, but whether there will be enough ships to handle all that cargo in a ...
Sourcing and Textile Resource Guide
The L.A. International Textile Show at the California Market Center is a one-stop resource for premier textiles, design and production resources. During the March 15–17 run, hundreds of resources from ...
Talking Supply Chain at Stanford
Supply-chain best practices—including social and environmental responsibility—will be on the agenda at an April 29 conference hosted by the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Presented by the Global Su...
Sears SF
Sears Holdings Corp., the Hoffman Estates, Ill.–based retail giant, will open a 25,000-square-foot apparel office in San Francisco. The new space is located on Market Street in the historic Phelan Buil...
Feds to Bolster IP Protection at Home and Abroad
The federal government is requesting input from manufacturers and designers on how best to protect intellectual-property rights so that counterfeiters can be apprehended in the United States and overs...
A/X Armani Exchange Debuts Concept Store
The youthful, street-oriented A/X Armani Exchange opened its first concept store on March 3 at 157 N. Robertson Blvd., the former site of Armani Casa, also owned by its pare...
Plus-Sized Cintas
Cincinnati, Ohio–based uniform company Cintas Corp. launched a collection of plus-size apparel for sizes 16W to 32W. The collection of corporate-identity workplace apparel includes skirts, slacks and blazers. Cintas a...
Bad February Weather Doesn't Stop Retail Sales
Record snow and rainstorms made weather miserable across much of the United States in February, but that did not stop people from shopping. U.S. chain-store sales climbed 3.7 percent in February, acc...
True at Walnut Creek
Vernon-based denim lifestyle label True Religion opened a 1,476-square-foot retail store at Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek, 20 miles east of San Francisco. The upscale retail center features a mix of ...
GlobalTex Returns for Third Run in L.A.
GlobalTex returned for a third edition in Los Angeles in a new hall at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where the textile and sourcing trade show drew representatives from both large and sm...
Taking Eco From Outdoor to Premium
A trip to South America more than 15 years ago turned Scott Leonard’s vacation into a vocation. ...
Derelicte Showroom to Anchor CMC's Area 4
The California Market Center’s Area 4 wing of chic, contemporary fashion showrooms will debut in September, but on March 2 the CMC announced Derelicte Inc., a leading menswea...
