Welcome to the first installment of Loobalee’s Market News. We review many news feeds on an ongoing basis and do a significant amount of children’s clothing market and brand research each week. As we collect press releases and news we think our readers will find interesting, we will be posting them here in our News and Trends category. Enjoy!
- Von Maur announces it will off ‘My Vintage Baby’ for the first time in Fall 2008.
- Estella NYC, a leading New York City children’s boutique, partners with Action Against Hunger
- Children’s Place profits surge in second quarter
- Gymboree Corp. beats analysts prediction – sales rose 13% in second quarter
- Gap Q2 earnings preview indicate drop in sales
- “Soft” children’s clothing coming December 2008. Developed by a special education teacher and parents of special needs children who have clothing sensitivities.
- Sally Miller, the “Queen of Tween” fashion, whose designs are featured at Nieman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor, and 375 boutiques around the country, opens her first retail store in Milltown, NJ
- PaigeLauren baby clothing line to be featured this fall at Neiman Marcus
- Nogales Investors, private equity firm, backs Naartjie children’s store and on-line expansion in U.S.
- Creative Clips by Colleen announces wholesale product line
- Baby Legs to offer infant sizing with “My First Baby Legs” this fall