Apparel

Benetton Trading USA, New York, is recalling about 93 boys' hooded jackets with a waist drawstring. The jackets have a drawstring at the waist that could become snagged or caught in small spaces or vehicle doors, posing significant entanglement hazard to children.

No incidents or injuries have been reported.

This recall involves United Colors of Benetton boy's jackets made of 100 percent cotton. They are navy with a brown drawstring at the waist and a zipper and five brown buttons front closure. The hooded jackets have snap buttons on each of the two side pockets and on the neck closure.

New York Fall 2014 Fashion Week is upon us and there is an infusion of fitness apparel launches on the fashion landscape. With major fitness fashion brands like Athleta hosting fashion week events, Under Armour launching their Women's Fall 2014 Collection and I Will What I Want Campaign and fitness fashion designers showing at Intermezzo and Coterie (typically fashion focused trade shows), the trends for activewear on the fashion scene and style on the fitness scene are here to stay.

Urban Outfitters has found itself at the nexus of a social-media storm after a bloodstained sweatshirt appeared for sale on its website. The sweatshirt appeared to be from Kent State University, which is famous for a student massacre in 1970.

The list of other off-color apparel sold over the years by Urban Outfitters and other retailers includes the infamous "Eat Less" T-shirt, the "Depression" T-shirt and apparel featuring apparently racist images.

Is such repeated controversy good for business, especially among millennial consumers, the target demographic for these stores?

Ash City has announced the exclusive distribution of the Rabbit Skins, Code V and Tie Dye brands in the Canadian market.

Gildan Activewear Inc. recently announced that it has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for a second consecutive year. Gildan is the only North American company in the textiles, apparel and luxury goods industry-group to be included this year.

Urban Outfitters this week generated controversy after offering on its website a "Vintage Kent State Sweatshirt," decorated with a blood-splatter pattern atop the university's logo.

Studies show that Americans prefer soccer to NASCAR. Here are five items to sell to soccer fans.

Sales of luxury goods are expected to grow more slowly in 2014 compared with last year as weakness in China, Russia and Europe counters rising global tourist shopping and strong demand in Japan and the United States, a study said on Monday.

Worldwide sales of personal luxury goods are set to rise 4 percent to 6 percent this year at constant exchange rates compared with a 6.5 percent increase in 2013, Bain & Co. said in the study presented with Italian luxury industry association Altagamma.

Imprinted T-shirts are in with the fashion elite. Here's how they are styling the tees.

River's End Trading Company has announced the appointment of John Maher as CEO and a capital investment from GCI, a leading private equity firm. Financial terms were not released.