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Knitwear comeback!
Among many great items that spoke to me at the January New York tradeshows, I was most excited about knitwear. Some of the beautiful collections that stopped me in the aisles of MRket and ENK: Lenor Romano: … Read more
Neckwear Notes: DiBi’s Daniel Bruce
Just weeks after PVH's David Sirkin showed me the new V Collection of neckwear, which donates a portion of sales to cancer research, I learned about another neckwear line with a charity angle. It's called DiBi and … Read more
Nike backs waterless fabric dyeing process
Athletic wear giant Nike Inc has teamed up with a Dutch textile machinery company that has developed a way to dye fabrics without using water -- and says it hopes to boost the technology's uptake throughout the … Read more
Cotton costs cut Levi Strauss Q4 profit in half
Levi Strauss & Co has seen its fourth quarter profit nearly cut in half as rising cotton costs outpaced higher ticket prices. The San Francisco-based company also said it was hurt by the impact of a tax benefit … Read more
Sportswear: Slim chance
Knits, slim-fits and items drive sportswear business. A renewed focus on items seems to be bearing out sportswear's swing towards a knits cycle for fall 2012 and opportunities exist for slimmer silhouettes. … Read more
NY picks for LV: Würkin Stiffs iPhone and iPad covers
Jonathan Boos, who turned his Würkin Stiffs magnetic collar stays idea into a business that landed him in Nordstrom and on TV, debuted wooden iPhone and iPad covers at MRket NY recently. The cases … Read more
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