Apparel
January 4, 2016 at 6:54 pm
People are used to seeing NASCAR drivers wearing suits decked out in their sponsors' logos, but now a California initiative would require state legislators to display their donors on their clothing anytime they speak on…
January 4, 2016 at 4:18 pm
Perry Ellis International, Doral, Fla., today announced today that New York City-based United Legwear & Apparel Co. has become the master licensee of Pro Player, Perry Ellis International's heritage athletic brand with a 30-plus year history. Perry Ellis International will remain the licensor. In addition to selling branded apparel and accessories, Pro Player Stadium was home…
December 31, 2015 at 5:07 pm
There's nothing like catching a free T-shirt at a basketball game. Heck, even former Beatles love it. But the New York Knicks have taken the T-shirt delivery system to the next level. Instead of a slingshot or a single-fire cannon, the Knicks are using a rapid-fire T-shirt cannon that blasts shirts into the crowd at Madison…
December 31, 2015 at 4:05 pm
Although we believe that many apparel companies have developed competitive advantages enabling them to earn outsize returns, for the most part we see these competitive advantages as shorter term in nature, thus falling more toward the narrow-moat end of the scale. As fashion trends change to reflect the values and cultural identity of the times,…
December 30, 2015 at 6:46 pm
Fans of the popular TV show "The Big Bang Theory" might be familiar with a song that characters sing called "Soft Kitty." Now, the daughters of a New Hampshire poet claim that producers of the show stole their mother's verses and have used the…
December 30, 2015 at 5:06 pm
Cintas Corporation, Cincinnati, reported results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2016 ended Nov. 30, 2015. Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal year 2016 was $1.22 billion, an increase of 8.5 percent over the prior year period. Organic growth, which adjusts for the impacts of acquisitions and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, was…
December 30, 2015 at 4:42 pm
Have you ever wished you looked more like a stock ticker? Well, now there's a smock that lets you scroll a custom message down its front, lit up like a marquee. Then there's a dress that uses special ink and sensors to change color based on the weather. Welcome to the brave new world of…
December 30, 2015 at 4:36 pm
High style and the Olympics do not always make comfortable bedfellows—just ask the Norwegian curling team—but the podium look for spring/summer 2016 is unmistakably athletic. Expect to see tracksuits, vests and bright diagonal stripes, as Rio 2016 fever takes hold of fashion-aware wardrobes. The starting pistol was fired at Paris Fashion Week, where the French…
December 30, 2015 at 4:27 pm
A late surge in shopping and pent-up demand for women’s clothing gave a boost to holiday sales, according to early spending figures. U.S. retail sales, excluding cars and gas, rose 7.9 percent between Black Friday and Christmas Eve, with women’s apparel and furniture seeing the biggest gains, according to figures from MasterCard Advisors. For all…
December 30, 2015 at 4:21 pm
A Bangladesh court has accepted murder charges against 41 people, including the owner of the Rana Plaza building that collapsed in 2013, for their roles in the disaster that killed more than 1,100 workers. Investigators initially had said the accused would be charged with culpable homicide following charges Dhaka police filed in June. However, more severe…
