Agave Adds Licensed Sweaters, Belts
Agave, the premium-denim brand that takes its inspiration from California, will debut a range of men’s fine-gauge and engineered knits for Fall 2010. Produced under a licensing agreement with Vancouver, Cana...
Hy & Dot: New From Rory Beca
Rory Edelman is expanding her Rory Beca clothing company in both up and down directions. For Spring 2010, Edelman launched the young contemporary line Hy & Dot. The $70–$160 reta...
Appreciating the Art of Costume Design
Film and television costumes help the actors convey the story—and help them create the character. Costumes can transport the audience to a specific time period from the past, create a fantasy ...
The Reformation Reworks Vintage in New Store
Vintage fashion with a twist will have a new home on Los Angeles’ West Third Street. ...
NGC Program Promises to Take Pain Out of Payments
Software company New Generation Computing recently debuted its Vendor Payment Automation program, which it promises will take away many of the headaches from the paperwork rooted in invoices ...
All-Time High Traffic at WWIN
Organizers and attendees of the Womenswear in Nevada show at The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino were extremely upbeat about the Feb. 15–18 event. ...
Sourcing Spreads Out
This season, Sourcing at MAGIC moved from the Hilton Convention Center in to the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, where exhibitors spread out in the cavernous,...
True’s Latest
Vernon-based True Religion Apparel Inc. opened a 1,485-square-foot store at the Washington Square retail center in Portland, Ore. ...
Majors Shopping WWDMAGIC
This season, WWDMAGIC moved from the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center into the Central Hall, where exhibitors reported a good turnout by department and chain stores, as ...
Macy's Beats 4th-Qtr. Forecasts
Macy’s Inc. beat its own sales forecasts in its most recent fiscal fourth quarter, and during a Feb. 23 conference call, the retailer’s chief executive, Terry J. Lundgren, called the results proof that...
Project Back at Mandalay Bay
A new home seemed to agree with Project Global Trade Show, which for the Fall 2010 selling season moved from its home at the Sands Expo & Convention Center to the Mandalay Bay Conventio...
L.A. Fashion Week Plans Underway
The Fall 2010 run of Los Angeles Fashion Week is right around the corner and the ever-shifting schedule of events is just beginning to take shape. Beverly...
Merchants' Credit Card Fees Becoming Political Issue
Consumers recently got some financial relief when Congress passed a bill making it illegal for credit card companies to raise interest rates arbitrarily on monthly balances. And now, some politicians ...
Lawson Debuts Software Tailored for Fashion
Lawson Software debuted its Lawson For Fashion enterprise software on Feb. 18, having been in development for more than three years. Freacute;deacute;ric Champalbert, general manager of Laws...
Blue-Jeans Sales Up While Average Apparel Sales Drop in 2009
According to recent statistics compiled by The NPD Group Inc., the Port Washington, N.Y.–based apparel market-research firm, overall apparel sales in 2009 were down 5.2 percent to $188.5 billion compa...
