EVENTS
Levi’s Celebrates Venice, Calif., With Abbot Kinney Pop-Up
By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | June 25, 2026
Levi’s Summer headed to Venice, Calif., recently as the brand celebrated Los Angeles creatives with a pop-up shop on Abbot Kinney.
Jill Roberts to Open Store in Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Manhattan Beach is one of Los Angeles County’s most affluent towns, a fact not lost on Jill Roberts. The retailer is opening her third self-named Southern California boutique—this one in the small, seaside encl...
Levi#039;s Launches Sustainable-Cotton Jeans
As one of the largest denim producers in the world,
Levi’s Launches Sustainable-Cotton Jeans
As one of the largest denim producers in the world,
Curve Couture Finds Stylish Niche
Last month, Deirdre Mick debuted boutique Curve Couture in Solana Beach, Calif., because she saw a void in the fashion market for boutiques specializing in sophisticated plus-size apparel....
AoSA: Retail With a Social Outreach
Owner Mike Hill talks about his new retail space, The AoSA Project in Huntington Beach, Calif., in a way that’s less about being a strategic retail business and more as if it’s a gallery-like showcase ...
SIMA Boot Camp: Surf Brands Prepare for the Future
Kelly Gibson wants his brand to be well-represented in teens’ dressers. ...
Multibrand Strategy Will Boost Sales, Says New Concept Lamb & Flag
Kellwood Co.’s new Lamb & Flag retail concept will debut in Southern California malls in December, and it will defy a bit of conventional wisdom. Lamb & Flag will be a multibrand stor...
Vineyard Vines and the Eternal Popularity of the Preppy Look
With style ambassadors such as the Kennedys, Ralph Lauren, L.L. Bean and “The Official Preppy Handbook,” the preppy look always seems to be embraced, so it is ...
Marty Staff Leaving American Apparel
After eight months on the job, Marty Staff, chief business development officer of Los Angeles–based manufacturer and retailer American Apparel, is ...
FaeriesDance.com Only Apparel Finalist in Green America's People's Choice Award
Adrienne Catone, owner, operator and jack-of-all-trades of FaeriesDance.com organic clothing company, knows exactly when that big flashing lightbulb went off over her head. She was trekking through the Con...
M.Fredric Debuts Santa Clarita, Calif., Store
Independent boutique chain M.Fredric threw a party on Oct. 18 to celebrate the opening of its new 3,200-square-foot store at The Patios at Westfield Valencia Town Center in Santa Cla...
Stade & Co. California Opens at South Coast Plaza
Call the Oct. 22 debut of
Academy Boutique Launches Denim
The Academy boutique specializes in emerging and foreign denim brands such as
Gap Reducing U.S. Retail by 34 Percent, Expanding in Latin America
San Francisco–based Gap Inc. will trim the number of its U.S. stores by about 34 percent next year. The company plans to have about 700 Gap stores and 250 G...
Exclusively.In Shifts from Flash to Traditional E-tail
New York–based Exclusively.In got its start as a members-only flash-sale site specializing in Indian fashion, jewelry and accessories. Now, the site is shedding its exclusivity to become a tra...
