Apparel News

Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp's Ask.com search engine is the fourth-largest in the U.S., trailing offerings from Google Inc., Yahoo Inc.

Apparel industry issues to watch in 2010 - If 2009 was a year of struggle for the global clothing and textile industry, as manufacturers and retailers alike battled to cope with the depth and severity of the worldwide recession, then what lies ahead in 2010? Sourcing winners and losers, trade agreements, customs reform, emerging retail trends and ...

In this Oct. 26, 2009 photo, the IAC building is shown in New York. Internet company... In this Oct.

DNA evidence and an intercepted conversation implicate two gunmen in the brazen Boxing Day gunfight on Yonge St.

Feb 9 Concern about the heavy metal cadmium in jewelry grew Tuesday as a California environmental group said new testing of adult necklaces and bracelets bought at three leading retailers, including Saks Fifth Avenue and Aeropostale, detected high levels of the toxic material - as much as 75 percent by weight.

The co-heads of Royal Bank of Canada's capital markets business each earned larger 2009 bonuses than the chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., a reversal of fortunes that illustrates the sweet spot in which Canadian bankers find themselves.

Bloomberg News Collective Brands Inc., the Topeka-based footwear chain, will introduce Star Wars-themed shoes at its Payless ShoeSource and Stride Rite stores this year.

CA, Inc. today announced it has extended its world-class Web access security technology to include support for Web applications and Web services hosted on JBoss Enterprise Middleware.

By Stephen Applebaum COLIN FIRTH is associated more with British reserve than letting it all hang out.

Teen clothing retailer The Wet Seal Inc. said Thursday that a key sales measurement fell in January, but the company raised its profit forecast for the fourth quarter.

Matthew Goode and Colin Firth star in Tom Ford's A Single Man. ADVERSTISMENT LITTLE ROCK - Maybe the harshest criticism that can be legitimately leveled at Tom Forda s remarkable debut movie A Single Man is that it looks like a movie directed by a fashion designer.

Gymboree Corp. said Thursday that a key sales figure slipped 2 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter, but the children's apparel retailer lifted its quarterly profit outlook for the second time in less than a month as its net sales improved.

All eyes on the red carpet at Sunday's Grammy Awards went straight to Lady Gaga and her solar-system gown that was totally out of this world.

Concerns that food makers would overdo price cuts to lure cautious consumers weighed on Kellogg Co and Sara Lee, even though both forecast better-than-expected 2010 earnings.

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art said it raised $250 million to boost its endowment and build a new wing that will triple the size of its galleries and house the collection of Gap Inc.

Teen apparel retailer Buckle Inc. on Thursday posted an unexpected 1.2 percent drop in January sales at stores open more than a year.

Football fans from across the country have spoken. After nearly 1.5 million votes, the fans have selected Cris Carter, Charles Haley, Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith for the inaugural Van Heusen Pro Football Hall of Fame Fan's Choice Class of 2010.

A GLOBAL fashion giant was yesterday at the centre of a discrimination row after a controversial job advert for "cool and good-looking" staff was put up at a new Scottish store.

Esprit Holdings Ltd. former Chairman Michael Ying sold HK$3.08 billion of stock in the biggest Hong Kong-listed clothier, according to an e-mail sent yesterday to fund managers by UBS AG, the sale arranger.

Preppy teen apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch on Thursday posted a surprising 8 percent increase in January sales in stores open at least one year, helped by a gift-card promotion and winter clearance sale.