Reuters - Clothing retailer Gap Inc. will consider selling designer or co-branded apparel at its stores, a break from its current practice of carrying only Gap-labeled merchandise, a company executive said on Tuesday.

AP - Consumers apparently shook off their worries about higher gas prices during May, shopping with enthusiasm at apparel stores and malls and giving many retailers better-than-expected results. A big exception was Wal-Mart Stores Inc., whose low-income consumers are feeling the biggest financial squeeze from $3-a-gallon gas.

Reuters - A slew of apparel and consumer goods retailers on Thursday posted same-store sales that beat analyst forecasts, but there were troubling signs that higher consumer prices and inflation could crimp future growth.

Readymade garment and knitwear factories resumed productions in Bangladesh on Thursday amid tight security after remaining shut for three days of agitations by the workers demanding implementation of their 11-point demand....

Sara Lee reported Wednesday that it is in process of separating its apparel unit into a new company between June and September. The new entity named Hanesbrands Inc. and will be a publicly listed company. Sara Lee also mentioned that...

Reuters - Sara Lee Corp. on Wednesday said it was on track to spin off its Americas and Asia branded apparel unit to stockholders between June and September, creating an independent, publicly listed company called Hanesbrands Inc.

Online sales are projected to top $200 billion in 2006 -- just three years after passing the $100 billion mark. The ninth annual shop.org study, conducted by Forrester Computer hardware and software, cars, and apparel, accessories and...

Reuters - Nine West and its parent, Jones Apparel Group , will pay an undetermined number of women a total of $600,000 to settle sexual harassment and discrimination charges, the government said on Monday.

Reuters - Shares of Jones Apparel Group Inc. rose 4.8 percent on Friday after a media report said private equity firms Bain Capital, Texas Pacific Group and The Blackstone Group are the lead bidders for the shoe and apparel maker.

Reuters - Gap Inc. on Thursday reported a lower first-quarter profit as the apparel retailer continued to struggle with weak demand for its casual apparel.

Reuters - New York & Co Inc. , the women's apparel chain, posted lower first-quarter profit on Thursday after a price-cut plan failed to boost sales, and forecast second-quarter profit below estimates.

Reuters - Men's Wearhouse Inc. on Wednesday posted a 27 percent rise in first-quarter net income, as the men's apparel retailer saw strong spending on tuxedo rentals.

AP - Charming Shoppes Inc.'s profit rose in the latest quarter, but its stock fell after the women's apparel retailer left its 2007 forecast unchanged and reported a slowdown in traffic at its Fashion Bug stores.

Reuters - Teen apparel retailer American Eagle Outfitters Inc. said on Tuesday its first-quarter profit rose 16 percent, helped by strong demand for spring fashions, and that earnings in the current quarter should top Wall Street's expectations.

AP - Shareholders of J. Jill Group Inc. on Monday approved the company's $517 million acquisition by Talbots Inc., a fellow Massachusetts-based apparel retailer.

Reuters - Retailers are looking to their past to improve their future.

Joanna Wypior - AHN Staff Reporter Frankfurt, Germany (AHN) – Athletic apparel giant Adidas has signed an 11-year deal with the National Basketball Association, making the German company the official uniform provider for the league. According to the NBA’s official Web site, the new...

AP - Shares of Citi Trends Inc. leaped Thursday, a day after the urban apparel and accessories retailer posted same-store sales well above its expectations.

Reuters - Women's apparel retailer Chico's FAS Inc. said on Thursday its sales at stores open at least one year rose 8.4 percent in March.

AP - Talbots Inc., which agreed to acquire women's apparel retailer J. Jill Group Inc. in February, said it plans to open 46 new J. Jill stores this year.