
Past Articles by Amy Walters
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Fast Fashion's Challenge: Making Money With 'Made In The USA' Among fast-fashion chains, "made in the USA" labels are hard to find. Forever 21 has reaped billions ordering clothes from around the world. American Apparel, however, boasts that its garments are made domestically. The key to its profitability may lie in the limited types of garments it sells. |
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Fast Fashion's Challenge: Making Money With 'Made In The USA' Among fast-fashion chains, "made in the USA" labels are hard to find. Forever 21 has reaped billions ordering clothes from around the world. American Apparel, however, boasts that its garments are made domestically. The key to its profitability may lie in the limited types of garments it sells. |
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'Nordic Cool' Illuminates D.C.'s Kennedy Center From the Danish modern furniture of the 1950s to the omnipresence of Ikea, Americans have long been attracted to the austere design of Nordic countries. Now a massive festival in Washington, D.C., showcases artists and designers from the very top sliver of the globe. |
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'Nordic Cool' Illuminates D.C.'s Kennedy Center From the Danish modern furniture of the 1950s to the omnipresence of Ikea, Americans have long been attracted to the austere design of Nordic countries. Now a massive festival in Washington, D.C., showcases artists and designers from the very top sliver of the globe. |
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This Defense Contractor Has A Green Side AeroVironment has an unusual combination of products — military drones and electric vehicle chargers. The company's president acknowledges that some workers are uncomfortable with the company's dual interests, but he doesn't see a conflict. |
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This Defense Contractor Has A Green Side AeroVironment has an unusual combination of products — military drones and electric vehicle chargers. The company's president acknowledges that some workers are uncomfortable with the company's dual interests, but he doesn't see a conflict. |
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This Defense Contractor Has A Green Side AeroVironment has an unusual combination of products — military drones and electric vehicle chargers. The company's president acknowledges that some workers are uncomfortable with the company's dual interests, but he doesn't see a conflict. |
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For A Silvery Calif. Fish, A Special Moonlit Night The grunion run happens only in the spring and summer months. Late at night, under the full and new moons, thousands of tiny, silvery fish swim to shore for a very peculiar mating ritual. |
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Motorcycle Fans Ride To Sturgis, S.D., For Rally The famed Sturgis motorcycle rally is wrapping up its 72nd year in South Dakota this weekend. As the rally ages so do many of the riders. We look at what's new on three wheels. |
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Little League Champs Receive Warm Homecoming Huntington Beach, Calif., welcomed home its Little League champions Monday night. Parents, friends and supporters turned out at a city park to celebrate their team's victory over Japan. |
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Syrian In Calif. Takes Heat For Ties To Regime Calls for regime change in Syria are making their way from Damascus to Southern California. The Syrian Consul General in California has close ties to Syrian President Bashar Assad and is a major donor to the University of California, Irvine. Syrian-American protesters are up in arms, calling on him to distance himself from the Syrian regime. |