American Apparel

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University of Wisconsin-Whitewater freshman Lauren Meyer was shocked last month when she got slugged and slurred for wearing a gay rights T-shirt on campus. American Apparell, which makes the "Legalize Gay" T-shirt, was also stunned. So it fought back with a little free-market public relations.

Word of the hate crime in which a female student was called a "faggot" and physically assaulted because of the pro-gay t-shirt she was wearing has been brought to the clothing company that manufactured the shirt.

Los Angeles-based American Apparel Inc., a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of branded fashion basic apparel, announced today that it has appointed Tom Casey as acting president of the company. Following the amendment to American Apparel's credit agreement with Lion Capital announced

Los Angeles-based American Apparel Inc., a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of branded fashion basic apparel, announced that on September 30, 2010 it entered into an amendment to its credit agreement with Lion Capital which, among other things, eliminates the minimum Consolidated EBITDA covenant for the dates through and including December 31, 2010, and provides for the minimum Consolidated EBITDA covenant to be tested monthly during 2011.

Los Angeles-based apparel manufacturer Bella expanded its technical design team by hiring Suk Chang from American Apparel and Splendid as its head pattern maker.

Hipster brand American Apparel Inc. is in talks to bring in an outside restructuring firm as the manufacturer and retailer struggles to fix its flagging operations, sources told Reuters on Friday.

Lender Bank of America pressed American Apparel to hire the firm, a specialist in corporate turnarounds, according to people familiar with the matter.

American Apparel, the Los Angeles-based apparel manufacturer and cult status retailer needed to replenish items on the sales floor the instant they are sold in order to reinvent its inventory management process.

Los Angeles-based apparel manufacturer Bella announced it has made additions to its technical design team, including the recent addition of Tanner Elza as technical package developer from American Apparel. Elza has been tasked with bringing a sense of fit and focus to the Bella and Canvas brands.

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Los Angeles-based American Apparel by one of its shareholders for the company's alleged violations of anti-fraud securities laws.