textiles

Marimekko is an unusual retail concept. It's not built around a product-type such as apparel or housewares, but a common material -- colorfully printed fabric -- for which it and its customers dream up a range of uses. Jackie Kennedy loved Marimekko; can it make a U.S. comeback in our time?

Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Tuesday (last updated at 7:28 a.m. Eastern time): Housing Finance Reform Set To Begin: Mortgages were at the heart of the 2008 financial crisis. And despite numerous pieces of legislation that have been debated and signed...

Further evidence that it's untenable for garment factories to employ American citizens while making a profit: troubles for American Apparel (APP), long targeted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, were recently laid bare. The U.S. says nearly a third of the company's 5,600 Los...