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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.
Neighborhoods to Watch
Some of Los Angeles’ top retail neighborhoods have suffered store closings this year, yet stores also have op...
Famous Footwear Opens DC in Tejon Ranch
St. Louis–based Brown Shoe Company Inc. has opened a 350,000-square-foot distribution center in Tejon Ranch, Calif., where all inbound and outbound shipments for the company’s Famous F...
New Line, New Site for Elaine Kim
Elaine Kim, the Los Angeles–based designer behind the contemporary brand Product, has re-emerged with a new eponymous line....
Green Fashion: New Construction Rules for Retail Buildings to Debut This Fall
By mid-fall there will be new guidelines to make retail buildings ecologically friendly....
Forever 21 to Develop South Central L.A. Land
A spokesperson for Los Angeles retailer Forever 21 said the company plans to proceed with a plan to develop a controversial swatch of land near downtown Los Angeles into a facility to handle ...
Forever 21 and Macy's Moving Into Gottschalks' Stores
Forever 21 is expanding its dream to become a big department-store chain by acquiring several leases and stores vacated by bankrupt retailer Gottschalks....
Fashionable Shift in Palm Desert's El Paseo District
Stewart Weitzman and Louis Vuitton both recently announced that they will be opening boutiques in El Paseo Shopping District in Palm Desert, Calif.—a sign that the desert destination’...
Off-Price Sales Good, Luxury Down in May
Retail sales dropped 4.6 percent in May, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers. Department stores selling luxury goods were particularly hard hit, while off-price retaile...
Jenette Bras Caters to Full-Figure Dames
Like many women, Jenette Goldstein was wearing the wrong-size bra. The band had slack to spare, and the straps dug into her shoulders from carrying the weight of her ample bosom. Goldstein fo...
Anchor Blue Files for Bankruptcy, Secures DIP Funding
Anchor Blue Retail Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 27. ...
Mistrial in Trovata, Forever 21 Trade Dress Case
A U.S. District Court judge declared a mistrial early on May 27 in the trade-dress suit filed by contemporary brand Trovata against fast-fashion retail giant Forever 21 Inc....
Mistrial in Trovata, Forever 21 Trade Dress Case
A U.S. District Court judge declared a mistrial in the trade dress suit filed by contemporary brand Trovata against fast-fashion retail giant Forever 21 Inc....
Zumiez Bids $7.2 Million for Bankrupt Active
The embattled Active Ride Shop filed a motion on May 15 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Riverside, Calif., asking the court to approve the sale of all of its assets to Zumiez Inc....
New Fashion Center Spawns Optimism in L.A. Fashion District
Los Angeles’ Korean-American business community gathered May 19 to officially open L.A FACE, also known as the Los Angeles Fashion Center, a 200-unit apparel showroom center six years...
After Shooting, Mall Says It Did Everything to Keep People Safe
An up-and-coming rapper was murdered in front of Los Angeles’ Beverly Center mall on May 18, and his suspected killer was arrested a few hours later. Beverly Center management said it did ever...
