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.
Neiman Marcus' Martens Speaks at LACMA
Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and Vice President and General Manager John Martens was instrumental in making the legendary store the jewel in the ...
Ron Herman Talks Shop
Running a store isn’t just a business dominated by spreadsheets— it’s a fine art, retail pioneer Ron Herman said on April 26 during an informal question-and-answer session at The New M...
Rodeo Drive Retail Space Goes for $20m
Two New York–based real estate companies have purchased a key Rodeo Drive property for $20 million, according to real estate executives....
Big-Box Retailers Prepare for Fight
Big-box retailers are feeling fenced in....
Catalog Clothier Tries Bricks-and-Mortar Retail
Santa Barbara, Calif.–based catalog company The Territory Ahead has begun testing its skills in bricks-and-mortar retail, beginning with a 3,000-square-foot store that opened...
The Lab Anti-Mall Shifts Course
More than 10 years ago, Shaheen Sadeghi opened Costa Mesa, Calif.–based The Lab as the Generation X antidote to the traditional mall. With Generation X approaching middle age, the 49-year-old ...
Del Amo Center to Receive $200 Million Makeover
A fallen retail giant may be on the road to regaining its former prominence....
New Retail Mart Under Development in Fashion District
A new shopping center for apparel and accessories will add to the retail mix in the Los Angeles Fashion District. Construction will begin next month on the project, to be called 1000 Maple Ce...
Dean Opens at Sunset Junction
Accessories maker Dean has a new location in the rapidly gentrifying Sunset Junction, located in the Silverlake district of Los Angeles. The move from a smaller space in the nearby Echo Park district...
Paul Frank Unveils Global Expansion
Paul Frank Industries is going global....
American Apparel Unveils Aggressive Retail Plans
Los Angeles–based T-shirt manufacturer American Apparel is making a wider commitment to retail by opening 14 new stores by the end of 2004, said Dov Charney, the company’s senior partner....
Peak Sales in March '04
Retail sales continued to be robust in March with apparel stores seeing an 8.8 percent growth in sales. Their success was part of the most solid increase in the retail sector since April 200...
Shauna Stein Unveils On Sunset Festivities
Retailer Shauna Stein will kick off her new store, On Sunset, April 15 with a celebrity-studded party at film industry watering hole Le Dome. Live models will demonstrate new clothes...
Wal-Mart's Inglewood Proposal Defeated
Voters in Inglewood, Calif., on April 6 overwhelmingly voted to reject a proposal by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to build a Supercenter in the Southern California community....
Retailer Rounds Up Used Clothing in So. Cal.
Buffalo Exchange, one of America’s biggest used-clothing chains, opened a new store on March 20 at The Lab, the youthoriented shopping mall in Costa Mesa, Calif....
