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.
Good in the Hood
Neighborhoodies the company that specializes in putting the names of New York City neighborhoods on sweat shirts, opens a store April 1 at the Hollywood & Highland shopping cente...
This Side of Paradise
Pity Mary Austgen and Jakub Maslowiec. They have to punch their time cards daily at a boutique overlooking a few square miles of what might be a recruiting poster for the California ...
Talulah G's Rags-to-Riches Tale
The Talulah G boutique chain marked the grand opening of its store in Fashion Island, in Newport Beach, Calif., on March 31 with a trunk show featuring appearances by top Lo...
Levi Strauss Brings 3-D Fittings to Company Stores
San Francisco–based Levi Strauss & Co. is considering using 3-D body scanners to help provide customers with better-fitting jeans. The 130-year-old denim producer is conducting tests in fi...
Rampage Toasts New Image
Fashion industry insiders flocked to Rampage’s Beverly Center store in Los Angeles on March 22 to shop and get a first look at the retailer’s newly revamped image....
Directives West Lands Neiman Marcus
Neiman Marcus' West Coast division will be turning to Directives West principals Sandy Richman and Sandy Potter for trend information and the latest on the California market...
Marc Jacobs Continues West Melrose Avenue's Fashionable Shift
Marni follows Marc; Paul Smith is next ...
So Long, Pioneer
Retail Slut, a retail pioneer on Los Angeles’ Melrose Avenue, announced it will shut its doors at the end of the month. The store has been selling torn and frayed clothes to punk rock...
Sneaker Worship
Sneakers are a growing obsession in the streetwear market, and Los Angeles’ cachet as a streetwear capital grew when the Adidas Original store opened at the corner of Melrose and Fairfax avenu...
Mass Merchants Migrate Into Mall Space
Real estate companies have found a new way to reinvent the suburban shopping mall: They are bringing in the discounters....
Play That Funky Music, Retailer
Creating a soundtrack for strong sales ...
Reading Design
Johnny Tucker, editor of England’s Retail Equipment and Design magazine, distilled his visual display journeys into a book called “Retail Desire: Design, Display and the Art of the Vis...
Deckop Resigns From Wet Seal
Joseph Deckop, who helmed troubled juniors retailer The Wet Seal Inc. after former Chief Executive Officer Peter D. Whitford left the company in November 2004, resigned from his position as executive...
Make Way for Nobody
For the past year, Odessa Bowden has run Nobody Jones in Los Angeles’ Leimert Park district, importing boutique style to South Los Angeles and giving designers of color a place to experiment a...
Blue Platypus Launches E-Commerce Site
South Pasadena, Calif.–based Blue Platypus, maker of men’s and women’s casualwear, has launched a new e-commerce Web site at
