Clothing Prices Start To Move Higher, as Retailers Test Shoppers’ Reaction

With the price of cotton going up and up, apparel retailers are adjusting their prices accordingly. How will shoppers react?

Buy Wise Warms Up To Cold-Weather Season

Wholesaler offers wool-feel capes and reversible vests just in time for the looming cold weather. Are you prepared for winter’s worst?

Good News: Retail Sales Up Strongly

The Commerce Dept. reports strong sales of clothing, gasoline, fueling hopes that brighter days are ahead.

Sales Up as Shoppers Hunt for Tax-Free Bargains

Local retailers in Texas and Connecticut saw a jump in activity as the states rolled out annual tax-free shopping events. In Texas, this past weekend was tax-free on numerous clothing, footwear and school supplies priced under $100. “We’ve had lots of sales and specials and reductions to go with the tax-free holiday,” one retailer said. [...]

A Taste for Tye Dye

MDM International was started in the mid 1990s by Mark Herman, but when he passed away a little over a year ago, his son-in-law, Marc Ruggieri, stepped in.

Sealed With a Kiss

Sealed with a Kiss Designs (or simply SWAK Designs) specializes in trendy, in-style, current plus-size fashion.

Clothing and Accessories for the Independent Retailer

Buywise is a supplier that has grown, evolved and developed over the years into its current incarnation.

Apparel Trends and Bargains

Hot fashion trends, designer names and designer logos may capture the heart of the fashion conscious buyer in 2010, but an equally strong pull will continue to be the tug of tight purse strings, as unemployment lingers uneasily at over 10 percent nationwide and family budgets stay tight. But what seems to be boding well [...]