Gap Taps Parker Posey for Spring Campaign
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Revolve Group Sets Sights on Growth After $1B Year
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Forever 21 Lays Off 358 Ahead of Reported Bankruptcy
February 25, 2025
Revolve Ramps Up Retail Presence As Festival Season Nears
February 25, 2025
Levi’s Reveals Next Phase of Ad Campaign with Beyoncé
February 24, 2025
Ratings Agency Upgrades Levi’s as it Projects $6.5B by 2028
February 21, 2025
As Liberated Brands Head to Auction, Who Will Buy?
February 21, 2025
Meghan Markle’s As Ever Wades into Trademark Rights Tussle
February 19, 2025
Skims to Help Boost Nike Women’s Business with New Brand
February 18, 2025
RVCA, Billabong Licensee Bankruptcy Faces Universal Studio Pushback
February 14, 2025
Behind the Bankruptcy of Liberated Brands
February 7, 2025
USPS Halts Shipments from China, Hong Kong in Blow to Shein
February 4, 2025
Retailers, Apparel Groups Sound Off on ‘Tit-For-Tat’ Tariffs
February 1, 2025
Levi’s Doubles Down on Denim as Revenue Jumps
January 30, 2025
VF CEO Sets Vans Expectations ‘Low’ to Allow Turnaround Time
January 29, 2025
AI Says: California’s Most Popular Fashion Brands in 2025
January 27, 2025
Vans Parent Takes Axe to Workforce With More Layoffs
January 21, 2025
Fire Rebuilding Talk Brings LA Retail Developers to Fore
January 21, 2025
More Management Changes Afoot at St. John Knits
January 16, 2025
Rag & Bone to Generate ‘Lion’s Share’ of Growth for Guess
January 15, 2025
AG Jeans Warns of Shipping Delays as it Ramps Fire Donations
January 14, 2025
Liberated Layoffs and the Perils of Bigger is Better
January 14, 2025
Brands, Retailers Move to Offer Support Amid LA Wildfires
January 11, 2025
Billabong, RVCA Licensee Liberated Brands Lays Off 363
January 10, 2025
Nordstrom Sales Come Out on Top for Holiday
January 10, 2025
LA Wildfire Damages Could Surpass $50B
January 8, 2025
SoCal Developers Take Cues from Boutiques for Malls’ New Era
January 6, 2025
Layoffs to Hit The Kooples Amid US Retail Wind Down
December 31, 2024
West Coast Fashion and Retail’s Biggest Headlines of 2024
December 30, 2024
Behind Mexico Retailer El Puerto de Liverpool
December 24, 2024
Nordstrom Family, Liverpool to Buy Retailer in $6.3B Deal
December 23, 2024
Nordstrom Family Offers $3.8B in Go-Private Bid
September 4, 2024
Pat Tenore Opines on New Brand’s Meaning
August 19, 2024
Amiri on Retail Tear with Latest Store Opening in Dallas
August 16, 2024
Road to Vans Turnaround Prompts Question ‘Are We There Yet?’
August 12, 2024
Why Revolve Bought Alexandre Vauthier out of Administration
August 12, 2024
Fred Segal Exits LA After Closing Sunset, Malibu Stores
July 29, 2024
RVCA Founder’s New Label Tenore Makes Debut
July 23, 2024
Fred Segal U.S. Footprint Continues to Shrink
July 4, 2024
VF Taps Lululemon Product Chief to Head Vans
May 31, 2024
Chrome Hearts Goes After Crocs for Trademark Infringement
April 18, 2024
FIDM Braces for More Layoffs After Skema Deal Crumbles
March 21, 2024
Guess Jeans to Open Store on Melrose in West Hollywood
March 21, 2024
Report Has Nordstrom Family Renewing Efforts to Go Private
March 19, 2024
Vans Layoffs Continue as Head of Product Set to Exit
March 14, 2024
RVCA San Francisco Closes its Haight-Ashbury Doors
March 12, 2024
Revolve Group CEOs Weigh in on Aspen Pop-Up, Physical Retail
February 28, 2024
DSTLD, Sundry Parent Opens First Store to Clear Inventory Glut
February 27, 2024
Revolve Taps Marianna Hewitt to Refresh L’Academie as Creative Director
February 26, 2024
Portion of The RealReal Melrose Being Shopped for Tenant
February 23, 2024
RVCA Founder Pat Tenore Teases New Brand Tenore
February 21, 2024
Guess Inc. Makes First Ever Acquisition in Rag & Bone Deal
February 16, 2024
Vans Parent VF Corp. Bends to Activist with Board Shuffle
February 14, 2024
RVCA, Boardriders Headquarters Up for Lease
February 12, 2024
Saks Fifth Avenue Reopens in Former Barneys Beverly Hills
February 9, 2024
Vans, The North Face, Supreme Part of VF Strategic Review
February 6, 2024
Zac Posen to Gap Inc. Creative Director as Business Seeks Refresh
February 5, 2024
Guess Inc. Reveals Two-Story Forum Shops Store in Las Vegas
February 1, 2024
2024’s Fashion, Retail Layoffs Offer Read on Business Sentiment
January 29, 2024
Juicy Couture Enters Menswear Fray with Dirty London Launch
January 26, 2024
Vans Layoffs Planned for Warehouse as VF Ramps Cost Cutting
January 24, 2024
Layoffs Hit Quiksilver, RVCA, Roxy Distribution Center Workers
January 19, 2024
Amiri Autumn/Winter 2024 Offers Hollywood Glam
January 18, 2024
Vans Layoffs Total 42 Under VF Restructure
January 16, 2024
Gigi Hadid’s Guest in Residence Eyeing L.A. for Possible Store
January 8, 2024
Roxy Pro Surfer Heads for Exit Amid Contract Rift
January 3, 2024
Figs as Fashion’s Next Workwear Trend?
January 2, 2024
2023 Review: The Year’s Fashion and Retail Closures
December 28, 2023
Vans, The North Face Online Fulfillment Crippled After Cyberattack
December 18, 2023
Louis Vuitton Lovers by Pharrell West Hollywood Store Opens in January
December 14, 2023
Rumors Swirl Around New Brand from RVCA Founder Pat Tenore
December 12, 2023
Kitson Windows on Robertson Ring in Holidays in L.A.
December 7, 2023
Doors Open: Lulus to Melrose, Fear of God’s Boyle Heights Experience
December 1, 2023
FIDM Layoffs to Total More Than 300 Amid Pending Sale
November 29, 2023
Reports: Shein IPO Advances with Confidential Filing
November 27, 2023
Around Town: Black Friday Weekend in Photos
November 27, 2023
Nicolai Marciano to Lead Guess Jeans Launch
November 21, 2023
Whiplash: Black Friday Sales Come Early in 2023’s Markdown Marketplace
November 21, 2023
Girlboss, Nasty Gal Founder Sophia Amoruso Offers Venture Fund Update
November 20, 2023
Gap Reboot to be Gauged on ‘Relevance and Revenue’ Strides
November 17, 2023
Banks Journal Continues European Operations Amid U.S. Bankruptcy
November 14, 2023
Revolve Group Wrestles with Luxury Recalibration at FWRD
November 3, 2023
Ron Herman Closes Malibu, Brentwood Stores
November 3, 2023
Shein Pop-Up Tests in Forever 21 Make Way to California
October 25, 2023
Nordstrom CEO Calls for Industry Solution to Combat Shrinkage
August 24, 2023
Shein, Forever 21 Deal Clears Path for Fast Fashion Scale
August 24, 2023
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