Mississippi Business Journal » clothing http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 After 30 years, children’s clothing business relocating to Texas http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/04/after-30-years-childrens-clothing-business-relocating-to-texas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=after-30-years-childrens-clothing-business-relocating-to-texas http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/04/after-30-years-childrens-clothing-business-relocating-to-texas/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:32:34 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72766 NATCHEZ — Kelly’s Kids, which has operated its children’s clothing operation in Mississippi and Louisiana for 30 years, will move to Texas in 2014. Kelly’s Kids products are sold by representatives who host in-home parties and through the Internet and catalog. Its sole retail store is an outlet in Natchez where the company now is [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/04/after-30-years-childrens-clothing-business-relocating-to-texas/feed/ 0 Libby Story McRight is MBJ’s 2012 “Business Person of the Year” http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/21/libby-story-is-mbjs-2012-business-person-of-the-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=libby-story-is-mbjs-2012-business-person-of-the-year http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/21/libby-story-is-mbjs-2012-business-person-of-the-year/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:08:14 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=67186 Life really is a puzzle for Libby Story McRight. While the rest of us live each day giving little notice to the things around us, McRight can’t help but notice those very things. She looks at them thinking not so much about what they are but what they could be. “Don’t throw that away — [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/21/libby-story-is-mbjs-2012-business-person-of-the-year/feed/ 0 Pair arrested yet again for selling counterfeit apparel http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/11/pair-arrested-yet-again-for-selling-counterfeit-apparel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pair-arrested-yet-again-for-selling-counterfeit-apparel http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/11/pair-arrested-yet-again-for-selling-counterfeit-apparel/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:19:59 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=66442 OKOLONA — Two Chickasaw County residents have been arrested for a second time in a year on charges of selling counterfeit clothing. Attorney General Jim Hood says Willie McMillan, 46 and Sophia Hill, 47, were arrested after an undercover investigation into their store, Urban Wear. Investigators seized about $275,000 in counterfeit clothing from Okolona store. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/11/pair-arrested-yet-again-for-selling-counterfeit-apparel/feed/ 0 Mayor won’t seek second term; wants to return to store http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/05/mayor-wont-seek-second-term-wants-to-return-to-store/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mayor-wont-seek-second-term-wants-to-return-to-store http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/05/mayor-wont-seek-second-term-wants-to-return-to-store/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:06:39 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=64871 TUPELO — Mayor Jack Reed Jr. says he won’t run for a second term. He announced his decision not to run next year in a full-page ad in the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Reed says his reasons include wanting more time with his family and returning to work at his family business, Reed’s Department Store. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/05/mayor-wont-seek-second-term-wants-to-return-to-store/feed/ 0 Phillips-Van Heusen buying Tommy Hilfiger for $3B http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/15/phillips-van-heusen-buying-tommy-hilfiger-for-3b/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=phillips-van-heusen-buying-tommy-hilfiger-for-3b http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/15/phillips-van-heusen-buying-tommy-hilfiger-for-3b/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:34:40 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=20728 NEW YORK — Phillips-Van Heusen says it will buy privately held Tommy Hilfiger in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $3 billion, creating one of the world’s biggest clothing companies. The deal announced today includes approximately 1.9 billion euros in cash ($2.6 billion) and 276 million euros ($379.9 million) in Phillips-Van Heusen stock. The New [...]

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