Dinner at Galina's
Dinner is servedWe recently scored an invitation to a private party hosted by Galina Sobolov, founder and designer of the Single label. Fashion Editor N. Jayne Seward, Manufacturing Editor Erin Barajas and I headed into the hills to dine with Galina and a few of her friends. Once there, we took in the...
Chic for Charity
Designer Eduardo Lucero and entertainment reporter Argelia Atilano hosted the
Vanity Stores’ Cotton Project
New York–based retail chain Vanity Inc. collected more than 100,000 pairs of jeans for Cotton Inc.’s “Cotton....
Turkey, Then Fashion Bug
Bensalem, Penn.–based retail chain Fashion Bug is offering consumers the chance to get a jump on Black Friday shopping. Sel...
Consumers Cut Back
Consumers will spend less this holiday season, according to a recent survey released by the Conference Board, the New York–...
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Social Networking: New Trade Show Frontier
Trade show producers are looking to expand the traditional business model in a new direction: online. Show producers and e-tailers also are looking at social-networking practices to add a new dimensio...
Emerging Design Takes a Bow at the Glendale Galleria
The Glendale Galleria retail center is getting into the game of emerging design. On Nov. 13, the shopping center debuted Local Collection, a 2,800-square-foot store devoted to emergi...
Proposed Trade Bill Would Expand AGOA
Various developing countries are lining up to lobby for a new trade bill introduced in Congress that would grant duty-free and quota-free access to many apparel products and other goods made in their ...
Six Ways To Slay Black Friday Stress
Stressed-out retail clerks, Freeman Hall feels your pain. The author and former Nordstrom sales associate documented the ridiculous side of sales in his memoir, "Retail Hell: How I Sold My Soul to the Store, Confessions of a Tortured Sales Associate." It was published by...
Apparel News Daily Reader
Now Open: Echo Park's Future Looks a Lot Like a Familiar Past (Racked LA)Now Open: Russh Mode Jeans on Robertson (Racked LA)Tim Gunn speaks out against...
New Free-Trade Zone Proposed for Las Vegas
The Las Vegas area is already home to a number of free-trade zones, but the Nevada state government wants to add one more....
Green Glamour: Eco Friendly and Made in L.A.
When Anna MacMassey was creating Green Glamour, a new line of loungewear and sleepwear, she knew the basic ingredient had to be first-class organic-cotton fabric. ...
Apparel News Daily Reader
Shop In Shops—Tt Collection Pops Up on West 3rd (Blackburn and Sweetzer)Makin' It Official At No. A in Little Tokyo (Racked...
Retail Helps Splendid Grow
Expansion can be tricky these days, with the recession forcing many companies to take a cautious stance. But some brands are finding ways to grow even as they feel the economic pinch. Moise Emquies, founder...
