EVENTS
MOTHER Celebrates Stand-alone Flagship in Beverly Hills
By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | October 1, 2026
MOTHER celebrated the opening of its Beverly Hills, Calif., flagship with a festive party Aug. 25 at the 3,850-square-foot space located on Canon Drive.
Retail Swipe Fees Remain High
Retail trade groups expressed heavy disappointment over the Federal Reserve’s final rules on debit-card interchange fees, or the bank fees charged a retailer every time a consumer uses a debit card to ...
Amazon Cuts California Affiliates After State Approves Internet Tax
Internet giant Amazon.com cut its business with its affiliates based in California. The move took place on June 29, the day after the California Legislature passed a provision requiring out-o...
Gilt Groupe Expands West
California shoppers will no longer have to wait up to 15 days for their Gilt Groupe purchases with the opening of a new distribution center in Las Vegas this month....
Facebook -- The Next Retail Frontier
Dylan Whitman is one of a handful of entrepreneurs gambling on the potential for shopping on Facebook—a new retail channel dubbed F-commerce....
Quiksilver to Open Waterman Store at Fashion Island
In late July, Quiksilver Inc. will debut the first boutique for its Waterman collection at prominent retail center Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Calif....
Guess? Opens Redesigned Flagship on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade
The night was a fundraiser for The Museum of Contemporary Art –- but the June 21 grand reopening of the Guess? flagship on Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade was all about ...
BeachMint Gets $23.5 Million Investment, Debuts StyleMint
These are boom times for the BeachMint Inc., a Santa Monica, Calif.–based e-commerce and fashion company.On July 1, it will debut StyleMint, an apparel line designed by Mary-Kate and Ashley O...
English Laundry to Debut New Styles and In-Store Shops
It was goodbye to back office, hello to design for Defiance USA’s Christopher Wicks, the father of...
Melrose East: What's Selling
Once the epicenter of Los Angeles’ punk and new-wave looks in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Melrose Avenue between Fairfax and La Brea avenues continues to be the address of scrappy, rock ’...
As Is: Art Walk Downtown's Fashion Connection
So many designers have tried new angles on classic American looks. But Japanese-born Ayumi Shibata thinks she found a new wrinkle on one of the original American styles—Navajo....
Internet-Tax Bill in Limbo
The fate of California’s controversial proposed Internet-tax laws hangs in a precarious balance....
Applied Facts Offers IP Security Tips
Sergio Robleto and Henry Kupperman, co-executive managing directors of Applied Facts, a Los Angeles–based corporate investigations firm, have seen online counterfeiting steadily grow over the ...
Better Credit Opportunities Ahead
Retailers and manufacturers who pulled through the economic downturn should pat themselves on the back. It was no easy feat to weather sluggish consumer demand, tight credit and tricky inventory level...
Swipe-Fee Reform Clears Last Hurdle
By July 21, merchants’ fees for debit-card transactions, or swipe fees, will go down....
Kitson, Apricot Lane Forecast Big Rollouts
As the economy gains strength, two California boutique retailers have announced major plans to expand. ...
