Friday, September 28
Gerber Sees Growth Source in Customer Service
At a time when some apparel technology companies are backing away from selling big-ticket items and expenses like service contracts, Gerber Technology, which counts cutting-room equipment and...
Self Esteem's Relief Tee
Self Esteem, the Los Angeles-based junior sportswear manufacturer, has donated an estimated $25,000 in proceeds from the sale of T-shirts sold at JC Penney...
Tree Takes Root in Hollywood
Some serious creative activity happens in a small office located in a building that overlooks the fabled Hollywood Walk of Fame, where, near the entrance, the emblazoned names of such past luminaries ...
Forever 21 Investigating Labor Law Violations Charges
Teen retailer Forever 21 said it plans to respond to allegations of unfair labor practices filed in a lawsuit by a workers’ advocacy group when its investigation in the matter is complete....
Dyers, Finishers Seek Answers at Energy Summit
Southern California’s textile dyers and finishers, most of which are locked into long-term energy contracts at prices of at least five times the current rates, will be looking for solutions t...
Paseo Colorado Bows in Pasadena
With a faltering economy and a country stricken by grief, the retail stars may not be in alignment, but Toronto-based TrizecHahn Development Corp. is moving forward, expanding its sh...
California: Sept. 28, 2001
Los Angeles International Airport officials proposed revising a $12 billion expansion plan to accommodate new federal security regulations and boost security at the airport...
International: Sept. 28, 2001
Mexico’s economy remained sluggish in July, dropping 0.9 percent; this marks the third month in a row of decline for the country...Canada announced plans to purchase advanced security systems that will...
TPC Raises Disaster Funds
At the opening meeting of its new calendar year, the Textile Professional Club (TPC), an association of financial and legal consultants and agencies, donated $1,000 to the rescue effort in New York. The chec...
Hype Gets Hip With Youth-Oriented Line
For the past 15 years, Vernon, Calif.-based contemporary label Hype Clothing has turned out clothing incorporating the latest looks in fashion with its offerings, and formulated a few new no...
L.A. in N.Y.: Cornell Collins
A select group of fashion followers turned out to
Hudson Joins MJW
Former California Mart executive Larry Hudson has joined the Los Angeles-based real estate firm MJW Investments as its new director of leasing....
Corporations Make Contributions to Relief Efforts in N.Y. and D.C.
In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., apparel companies of all sizes have joined in the relief efforts with unprecedented contributions to aid organizations....
L.A. in N.Y.: BCBG Max Azria
Celebrities, editors and retailers gathered under the tent at Bryant Park to catch a glimpse of BCBG Max Azria’s latest sportswear and couture offerings for Spring...
Economy: Sept. 28, 2001
Consumer confidence plummeted 14.4 percent to 97.6 in September from 114.0 in August, according to New York-based research firm the Conference Board; the new figure marks the lowest level in ...
National: Sept. 28, 2001
Seattle-based retailer Nordstom announced plans to lay off workers and cut back employee hours, citing sluggish sales in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks...The Ameri...
Bisou Bisou's quot;Stars & Stripesquot;
Los Angeles-based Bisou Bisou has designed a “Stars & Stripes” tank top to help raise funds for the New York Firefighters 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund....
BCBG Appoints Execs to Help Secure Finances
Vernon, Calif.-based contemporary manufacturer BCBG Max Azria announced the appointment of five new executives as part of the company’s effort to maintain its financial structure....
Friday, September 21
National: Sept. 21, 2001
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) will accept non-U.S. companies as members, the Washington, D.C.-based ...
Disaster in N.Y., D.C. Scatters L.A. Execs
The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C.—and the subsequent grounding of the nation’s airlines—left many Los Angeles apparel industry executives stranded and far from home. As the tragic ev...
Industry Cautiously Returns to Business
The Los Angeles apparel industry returned to work sobered by the horrific events of Sept. 11 and looking for clues as to how to resume normal business life. California Apparel News spoke with several...
L.A. Industry Plans N.Y. Relief Efforts
The recent terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., have drawn compassion for the victims and the families affected, with a number of Los Angeles citizens seeking ways to provide assis...
International: Sept. 21, 2001
Trade officials approved the terms of China’s membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO), although the group left a dispute over China’s insurance industry unresolved; China’s me...
California: Sept. 21, 2001
Unemployment in the state rose to a two-year high of 5.2 percent in August, according to state figures; the state has shed 14,000 jobs since June...The state Senate adjourned without voting o...
Economy: Sept. 21, 2001
The consumer price index—a measure of inflation at the consumer level—-rose a slight 0.1 percent in August, according to the Department of Labor...The Federal Reserve cut shor...
Cal Mart Keeps Buyer Incentive Program
As the nation continues the process of picking itself up and dusting itself off after the tragic events of Sept. 11, the impact from the day is still reverberating in several of the country’s industri...
Lubells File Bella Dahl Countersuit
Jolna Design Group, the Sun Valley, Calif.-based maker of Bella Dahl and Jefri Jeans, is the defendant in a breach of contract cross-complaint filed on Sept. 17 in Los Angeles Super...
Sirena Sells Remaining Assets
Los Angeles-based Foothill Capital, owner of Sirena Apparel Group, has sold its remaining swimwear business—-including production facilities and 300 machines—to Gardena, Calif.-based ...
Friday, September 14
Consumers Leave Department Stores Out in the Cold
Counting on tax-rebate checks and back-to-school needs to spur spending, department stores and apparel chains continued to see emptier store aisles in August as most consumers pinched pennies at dis...
Textiles: Sept. 24, 2001
The National Retail Federation (NRF) has joined the final debate over the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI); the issue concerns whether goods can be dyed and finished in coun...
Seven TJX Cos. Employees Included Among Fatalities
Passengers on American Airlines Flight 11, one of the two that struck New York’s World Trade Center on Sept. 11, killing all aboard,included seven employees of the ...
'Putting Things in Perspective'
NEW YORK—New York’s fashion industry was left scrambling in the wake of one of the most devastating terrorist assaults in history, as organizers put a halt to the much-anticipated fashion week....
In the Wake of Disaster: Executives Stranded, Business Halted
The fashion community in California and beyond is still in shock over this week’s terrorist attacks in Washington, D.C., and New York, and though still focusing on the devastation left in the aftermath...
Economy: Sept. 14, 2001
U.S. jobs fell by 986,000 in August, according to the Department of Labor, marking a four-year-high rate of 4.9 percent; the news shook consumer confidence, according to surveys cond...
Tyte Turns to Tweens
4whatitsworth, maker ofjunior denim label Tyte and Etoile Blue, has jumped on the tweens bandwagon with a new division, Tyte Kids....
Material World's Promise Cut Short
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—A favorable start for the second annual Material World textile trade show in Miami Beach was halted with the news of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., on Se...
Skate's Up, Snow's Down and Surf Maintains at ASR
Skate shoes and apparel, including streetwear, dominated over surf gear and the barely showing snow gear category at the Sept. 6–8 edition of Laguna Beach, Calif.-based VNU Expo...
One Eyewitness Account of a Day of Disaster
Sept. 11, 20019:15 a.m....
Beximco Heads to Texas
Bangladesh-based knit mill and denim producer Beximco Group announced the opening of its U.S. headquarters in Dallas. The company, which ...
Charlotte Russe Appoints New VP
Charlotte Russe Holding Inc., the San Diego-based young women’s specialty retailer, announced the appointment of Mark A. Hoffman as senior executive vice president and chief operating officer....
California: Sept. 14, 2001
Los Angeles residents were jolted by a 4.0-magnitude earthquake shortly before 5 p.m. o...
National: Sept. 14, 2001
The National Retail Federation (NRF) urged the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a trade agreement between the United States and Vietnam, ...
Friday, September 7
Material WorldOpens AmidGlobal Concerns
The second annual run of Material World, the Miami Beach, Fla.-based textile show set to take place Sept. 10–12 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, will be held against a backdrop o...
Economy: Sept. 7, 2001
Fluctuations in housing prices and extreme shifts in the stock market are making it difficult for the Federal Reserve to influence the nation’s economy, according to Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, who spoke rece...
Sport Chalet Set to Open in South Coast Plaza
La Cantilde;ada-Flintridge, Calif.-based Sport Chalet Inc., a specialty sporting-goods retailer, has signed on to open a 41,000-square-foot store in South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, Calif. T...
Smart Shopping
A bricks-and-mortar mall gets Web savvy; a B2B site offers cool online wholesale showrooms...
Levi's Dockers for Women on the Rise
For the past decade, Levi Strauss & Co., the San Francisco-based denim giant and maker of Dockers, has struggled to remain an essential part of American culture. But a tightening...
National: Sept. 7, 2001
Consumers trying to pay with their Visa debit cards at Wal-Mart after Oct. 13 may be out of luck thanks to the Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant’s recent decision no...
Kosa Adds New Fibers
Charlotte, N.C.-based fiber producer Kosa has three new products in its catalog: an anti-microbial fiber, a stretch polyester fiber with a cotton-like hand and a polyester yarn that can be dy...
Wal-Mart, Sam's Club to Anchor Palm Desert Retail Center
Developers recently announced plans to build a 700,000-square-foot shopping center anchored by Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club in Southern California’s Coachella Valley....
California: Sept. 7, 2001
The Textile Association of Los Angeles (TALA) will host a memorial for its former executive director and past president Robert Berg, who passed away on Au...
Wet Seal LaunchesPopstars Teen Line
Capitalizing on the twin constants in a teen’s life—fashion and music—specialty retailer Wet Seal Inc. has partnered with the producer of the WB Network’s “Popstars” to bec...
LAEDC Confident in Apparel Industry
Los Angeles County economists are convinced the manufacturing industry is still a powerful factor in the region’s economy, despite growing demands by retailers and the shuttering of mills as a result o...
Limited Too's Diva Search
Look out, Britney. Hold on to your pants, Christina. Diva competition is on the way with the help of tween specialty retailer Limited Too....
Elastics Veteran Siedner Retires After 67 Years in the Apparel Industry
Frank Siedner, a major figure in the American elastics industry and former partner at HJ Nordseth Inc., a Los Angeles-based firm that served as a national selling agency for textile and elast...
Karen Kane Links With Fasturn
Los Angeles-based Karen Kane Inc. has aligned with supply-chain specialist Fasturn and its new Operations Network (OPN) software program to help streamline its sourcing oper...
Freeborders Acquires Karat Software
Freeborders, a San Francisco-based B2B firm that caters to apparel retailers, has been on the move with new funding and a new acquisition. The company, which provides supply-chain so...
Fashion Week Calendar Entries Sought
The Coalition of Los Angeles Designers (CLAD), a local designers’ organization, is seeking entries for the November 2001 Los Angeles Fashion Week calendar, which the group is creating...
DFS Beverly Hills Space Leased
The former space occupied by duty-free purveyor DFS North America in Beverly Hills, Calif., has been subleased to Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Paul Jardin of USA Inc., the o...
$1 Billion Downtown Development Approved
The Los Angeles City Council approved a $1 billion plan on Sept. 3 to build a downtown shopping, dining and entertainment district around the Staples Center....
AOC, Zegna to Honor Clinton Water Protection Efforts
In partnership with Italian designer Ermenegildo Zegna, the American Oceans Campaign (AOC) has selected former President Bill Clinton as this year’s recipient of the AOC Partners Award. Zeg...
Red Hot!
Fashion fans were treated to an evening of red-hot fashion courtesy of designer Alan Del Rosario, who unveiled his
