Planning for the New Year is important. Sometimes that planning requires reflecting. With that in mind, here are eight apparel-selling tips we received in 2013 to take you into the New Year.
Capital
Signs that U.S. manufacturing is faltering emerged from a report Friday that orders for long-lasting factory goods, excluding the volatile transportation category, fell in July for the fourth time in five months.
Overall orders for durable goods rose a seasonally adjusted 4.2 percent in July, the Commerce Department said. But excluding aircraft and other transportation goods, orders dropped 0.4 percent.
Durable goods are items meant to last at least three years. Orders for so-called core capital goods, a key measure of business investment plans, fell 3.4 percent. That's the biggest drop since November and the fourth decline in five months.
Export-related loans to small businesses approved under the Jobs Act provisions have reached nearly $110 million as of Dec. 31, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced today.
Revenue On Demand has announced today the placement of its new credit facility with Promotional Capital LLC of Cleveland, Ohio. This financing will be used for the Company’s current growth plan and general operations.
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
WorkflowOne’s owner and affiliated companies have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company said today.
Montreal - Dov Charney, a 41-year-old eccentric Montreal native, built into a global retail powerhouse in seven short years while taking substantial heat for his loose hiring policies, risqué ads and alleged sexual harassment of former employees. Now, with regulators breathing down his neck, lenders shying away and the chain warning it might not have enough available cash to keep operating another year, Mr. Charney could be forced to relinquish control of the company he built from the footless plush pantyhose up. âDov Charney is at the moment of truth,â said Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates Inc.,
President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday extending through April the U.S. Small Business Administration’s ability to provide enhancements in its two largest small-business loan programs. The enhancements, first made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, include a higher guarantee on some SBA-backed loans and fee relief.
President Barack Obama signed legislation Tuesday extending until March 28 the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) ability to provide small business loans that are enhanced with special provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), including a higher guarantee of SBA-backed loans and a waiver of loan fees normally paid by borrowers.
Stylesight, New York, the leading global provider of trend content, tools and technology for the fashion and style industries, announced it has closed a $10 million equity investment to fuel its ongoing growth and global expansion.