For the past decade, city planners and stakeholders in downtown Los Angeles have been crafting a plan that would set the area’s development priorities for the area for the next 20 years. But for most ...

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The garment manufacturing industry is heavily regulated by California. Two items garment manufacturers should be aware of are the registration requirements and the Garment Worker Protection Act. Every ...

Apparel firms’ valuations have increased over the past year, thanks to healthier inventory levels, less discounting, and lower inflation and interest rates. As of June 2025, the median apparel firm is ...

Garment worker Lupe Hernandez addresses the crowd at a rally for fair working conditions, in the 2007 documentary “Made in L.A.”. (Photo by Joann Lo) This is your first of three free stories this ...

NEW YORK — Just after 10:30 a.m. on a Thursday in January, Naomi Mishkin arrived at Faye Sample, the small-batch factory in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, where garments for her line, ...