CFA Member Spotlight
January 12th, 2012

The California Fashion Association (CFA) is a non-profit organization established to provide information for business expansion and growth to the apparel and textile industry of California.  The mission of the CFA is to define the industry's economic impact, and to outline export opportunities as well as global sourcing options.

 

California is the "Gate to the Americas" and American style!

 

Upcoming  Events: 

 

Jan 13: CFA Presentation of LA Leadership Council / California Market Center  

 

Jan 19: Executive Breakfast Meeting re: California Law 657 - Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

 

Jan 16-19: LA Fashion Market / California Market Center, New Mart, Cooper Design Space

 

Jan 16-18: Designers & Agents Show, LA / New Mart

 

Jan 16-18: Select Contemporary Show / California Market Center

 

Jan 16-18: Transit LA Show Show / California Market Center   

 

Jan 16-19: Hong Kong Fashion Week

 

Jan 21-23: Imprinted Sportswear Show (ISS), Long Beach

 

Jan 24-25: Kingpins Show, LA / Cooper Design Space  

 

Jan 26-29: Dallas Apparel & Accessories Market / Dallas Market Center 

 

For more information of all events, please contact the CFA office. 

 
    
                                                      Jacqueline Roth, Michelle Jackson
                                                      Assistant Vice-President

 

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Michelle Jackson and Jacqueline Roth will be presenting new information at the first CFA / FIHRA luncheon, on behalf of Bolton & Company. Bolton is one of the nation's largest employee-owned insurance brokers, providing clients worldwide with insurance and risk management services, employee benefits and financial products. The Pasadena headquarters of this nationwide organization has provided the apparel and textile industries with specialized solutions to the current issues facing manufacturers today.

Contact: Michelle Jackson at mjackson@boltonco.com -or- Jacqueline Roth at jroth@boltonco.com 
 
                                    

                                                                                              Alex Sturm 

                                                                                              Partner  

 

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Alex Sturm is now partner at Cohn Handler & Co. Alex has been with Cohn Handler & Co. for more than a decade. He has served as President of the Textile Professionals Club, and is currently on its Executive Board.
Cohn Handler & Co. specializes in the apparel and textile industry, and has been servicing its clients for over 30 years. The clients are corporations, partnerships, and individual entrepreneurs, and they range in size from small, closely-held, family-owned businesses through substantial, nationally recognized companies.

Contact: Alex Sturm at asturm@cohnhandler.com
 
                       

                                                                                    Richard Kestenbaum    

                                                                                   Partner   

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Triangle Capital LLC has successfully acted as the financial adviser to Nikita Ehf. The Nikita brand of snowboarding-inspired action sports apparel focusing on female consumers has been acquired by AMER SPORTS, owner of the Wilson, Salomon, and Atomic sporting goods licenses. The transaction was the sale of a European-based company to another European-based company, demonstrating Triangle's ability to work on any continent.  

Triangle Capital LLC is a mergers and acquisitions firm specializing in the apparel and retail industries. Richard Kestenbaum, is one of Triangle's three partners, and a member of the CFA. The company focuses on transactions between $25 and $150 million. Triangle Capital has recently expanded into China in an alliance with the former Ministry of Textiles,  now known as the China National Textile and Apparel Council.  

 

Contact: Richard Kestenbaum at RKestenbaum@TriangleCapitalLLC.com 

 

If you are interested in being featured in an upcoming 'Member Spotlight', please contact the CFA office:

phone: (213) 688-6288

email: info@calfashion.org