Apparel News Daily Reader
Fashion:
The Hills’ Star to Design Clothing for Kohl’s (New York Times)
HM Plans to Open 225 Stores This Year, Despite Economic Slowdown (Wall Street Journal)
Lilly Pulitzer Collaborates with Celebrity Moms (Glam.com)
Tobi.com Goes Green With Ugly Boxes (FabSugar)
Earth-Friendly Fashions (WhoWhatWear)
Angela Missoni Is Over Runway Shows; Wants to Do HM (Fashionologie)
Come sale away: 20% off everything at Decadestwo—one day only (All the Rage)
Happy Earth Day! Check out Bodkin’s Fall 2009 Look Book (Coutorture)
Gap 1969 Relaunch (We Are the Market)
Well $uited (New York Post)
The Hall of Style: The Green and the Gorgeous (Shopflick)
Texerov to Robertson Come Summer (Blackburn + Sweetzer)
Industry/Business:
House Leaders Urged to Make Miscellaneous Trade Bill a Priority (World Trade Interactive)
Leading Indicators Continue to Fall
The March index of leading indicators pointed to a weaker economy ahead, according to the Conference Board. (Wall Street Journal)
Geithner Takes Upbeat Tone
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he's already starting to see "some signs of stabilization of declines in output and trade." (Wall Street Journal)
Chinese clothing distributor signs major lease in the Inland Empire (Los Angeles Times)
Wal-Mart to double amount of solar energy use (USA Today)