Apparel

J. America Wholesale Blanks, Fowlerville, Mich., announced the release of its new line for Fall 2014 through Fall 2015. The apparel supplier has added 12 new styles, featured in its Better Basics, Sport, Vintage and JA Ladies collections. The company has also added new colors, including jewel tones, to its best sellers.

German sportswear firm Adidas has appointed two new senior managers as part of an ongoing overhaul of its top leadership aimed at making the firm quicker to respond to consumer trends to keep up with bigger rival Nike.

Adidas said Karen Parkin, a 49-year-old British national, would take over as chief human resources officer from Nov. 1, reporting directly to chief executive Herbert Hainer.

Parkin joined Adidas in 1997 and has been in charge of the company's global supply chain since 2013, after nine years working in North America. She replaces Matthias Malessa.

Boxercraft Inc., Atlanta, announced it will sponsor the Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer, held Oct. 11-12, 2014. To show its support, the company will donate a portion of October sales of its special-edition Pom Pom Pullover to It's the Journey Inc., producer of the walk. The women's tops are available for a limited time in black, white and fuchsia.

Charles River Apparel, Sharon, Mass., a manufacturer of outerwear and performance apparel, recently announced new members to its sales team. The company has added three outside sales representatives to handle growing accounts in Texas, Oklahoma, and western New York and Pennsylvania.

Thinking about splurging on a new iPhone 6 Plus? You may want to make sure it fits in your pocket first.

With the launch of Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus last month, retailers are considering enlarging the pocket sizes on pants to accommodate the 5.5" "phablet." As Mashable reports, J.Crew, Levi's and L.L. Bean are among five major brands looking to revamp their merchandise.

"Currently our men's pockets already accommodate the larger phones including the iPhone 6 [and 6 plus]. Women's is still being evaluated," an American Eagle spokesperson confirmed to Mashable on Tuesday.

River's End Trading recently announced that it will relocate its corporate headquarters and continue to invest. The news follows the company's April 2014 appointment of John Maher as CEO and capital investment from private equity firm GCI.

Technology is a sober world. The white-walled laboratories of Silicon Valley are full of men with bad hair, bad clothes and boring names like Steve, Dave, Brian and Tony. Rock'n'roll it ain't. But there was something different about the launch of Apple's new watch and its two new iPhones at its Cupertino headquarters last month.

"I've just been having a few glasses of champagne with U2," grinned Marc Newson, Apple designer Jony Ive's new right-hand man, as he stepped into the afternoon sunshine after the Irish band brought the launch to a close with a track from their new album.

American Apparel Inc.'s board is increasingly open to keeping controversial founder Dov Charney at the clothing company, though not as chief executive officer, according to people familiar with the matter.

The retailer, which ousted Charney as CEO almost four months ago in an acrimonious split, is considering giving him a new role, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private. In the meantime, Charney is serving as a paid strategic consultant.

Reaching an agreement with Charney would help stave off a legal fight and preserve continuity at the company, which he founded in 1998.

How important are women to Nike's business? Just as important as innovation, it turns out, at least according to an accounting of how often each term was mentioned on the company's earnings call Thursday evening.

The word "women" was spoken 21 times during the company's roughly hour-long discussion of its first-quarter earnings, which jumped by 23 percent. That's equal to the number of times that another favorite Nike word—"innovation"—was spoken, and greater than mentions of "basketball" or "footwear," other subjects of strong interest for the company.

SanMar Corporation, Seattle, recently announced the addition of Yen Gao as director of sourcing. In this new position at the company, Gao will oversee and manage SanMar's U.S. sourcing team.