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Sanctuary Enters Owned Retail With Beverly Hills Flagship
By Alexandra Romero, Contributing Writer | March 6, 2026
After nearly three decades as a wholesale- and D2C-driven contemporary label, Sanctuary has entered owned retail with the debut of its first flagship, on Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 27.
L.A. Designers to Be Duty-Free at LAX?
Leading fashion nonprofit Fashion Group International Inc. Los Angeles announced its first-ever business partnership. It will be involved with selecting Los Angeles–area designers who...
St. John Put on the Auction Block by Majority Owner
St. John could be getting a new owner....
Social Media’s Bottom Line for Business
Almost every fashion brand and retailer has a presence in social media, but the jury is still out on what kind of return on investment businesses gain from social-media sites such as...
Rag & Bone to Open First Store in California
High-profile New York-based contemporary label Rag & Bone confirmed that it will open a West Hollywood, Calif., flagship store, the label’s first store in the state, later this year. ...
Retailers Embrace Tablet Commerce
With mobile commerce on the rise, tablet computers have given retailers new hope in boosting sales....
Using Technology to Enhance In-Store Experience
DANA POINT, Calif.—Regardless of how small or grand the device—whether it be a mobile-phone application, notebook-size tablet or a 10-foot-high wall of multiple touch screens—the most important lesson l...
Anaheim’s Center Street Is New Retail Model
The basic formula for developing malls is to build a retail center, then lease space to the best retailers around....
Los Angeles Investor Becomes Part Owner of Barneys New York
Barneys New York, the venerable high-end retail chain that has gone through a number of owners in recent years, has taken on a distinctive Los Angeles influence....
Former Target Executive Named Billabong Chief
Influential, but troubled, Australian surfwear maker Billabong International Ltd. appointed Launa Inman as its managing director and chief executive officer on May 9....
Jill Roberts Expands Retail Chain to Studio City, Calif.
Veteran Los Angeles contemporary multiline boutique company Jill Roberts is scheduled to open a store in June in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley....
Cargo-Container Traffic on the Rise Through Back-to-School Season
U.S. consumers are still hitting the stores, which means that import cargo volumes at the major ports in the United States should be busy through the back-to-school season....
Lawmakers Urge Flexible Rules for Trans-Pacific Partnership FTA
A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to President Obama asking for more-flexible trade rules on textile and apparel goods under the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement, currently u...
Beverly Hills Retail Rebound, Rodeo Filling Up
Call it the Rodeo Drive restoration. For the first time since the Great Recession, there is almost no vacancy on Rodeo Drive, the international luxury shopping street in Beverly Hills. Out ...
Scoop NYC Opens in LA’s Brentwood Neighborhood
Susan Davidson, chief executive of the high-profile Scoop NYC boutique company, arrived in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood May 2 for the debut party of Scoop’s first California boutique—and the comp...
Fred Segal Brand Rights to Sandow Media
Since the 1960s, Fred Segal has been a retail experience only to be found in Los Angeles County, but soon Fred Segal might be spread throughout the world....
