Showroom Updates: Catiedid Sales Opens at CMC, Cloud B Joins DMC, Thread Showroom’s New Brand

Earnshaw’s brings you the latest updates from showrooms coast to coast.

Catiedid Showroom Debuts in the CMC

Catie Foster unveiled her new business, Catiedid Sales, during last week’s L.A. apparel market. Located in room B694 at the California Market Center (formerly Knuckleheads’ corporate showroom), the showroom will showcase Knuckleheads, Hula Mula, Belle Parish, Squidfire, Rock Your Baby, Rubimoon, Funkoos, Hooligans Kids, Andrea’s Beau and Deco Designs.

Foster formerly worked in finance and advertising but left to help develop the Right Bank Babies label and to bring Australian brand Rock Your Baby to the U.S. market. With her new venture, “My goal is to build a boutique atmosphere so buyers can come in and order everything in our store for their own, and it will all cross-market.”

Catiedid Showroom can be reached at (323) 445-6764.

Cloud B Debuts Permanent DMC Showroom

Torrance, Calif.-based Cloud B, which manufactures children’s sleep products, has moved into a permanent showroom at the Dallas Market Center. Located in Studio #8701 in the Kids World section, the showroom will give visitors an opportunity to see the company’s entire product line, which includes bestsellers like the Sleep Sheep and the Twilight Turtle as well as Cloud B’s latest addition, the Sleep Sheep & Friends Aroma Pillows.

The eighth-floor showroom will be open during the Dallas Apparel Shows and the Gift & Home Shows. The next Dallas market week will take place Jan. 13-16. For more information, call (214) 454-1980 or visit www.cloudb.com.

Thread Showroom to Represent Little Pea

Little Pea, a girls’ apparel brand based in Portland, Ore., recently signed with Thread Showroom, which has locations in New York and Atlanta. Starting with the Fall ’10 collection, Thread will handle sales in the north and southeastern territories.

According to Little Pea founder Sara McMahon, the fall collection offers modern silhouettes for sizes 2T to 6 that are “pretty without being overly frilly.” Two tops, two dresses, a pair of pants and a skirt—each available in three or four woven fabrications—are meant to be mixed and matched and feature details such as ruffles, rick-rack trim and decorative buttons. The line wholesales for $14 to $29 and is geared towards boutiques and major department stores. To schedule an appointment in the showroom or at the March ENK show, contact Thread Showroom at (212) 801-2387 or e-mail info@threadshowroom.com.

LittlePea is also represented by Shelley Ermigarat at Paperdoll Style Showroom on the West Coast. Contact her at (213) 629-9874 or info@paperdollstyleshowroom.com. For more about LittlePea, visit www.littlepeaonline.com.

In this issue: The rules for stocking a successful gift section School uniform trends for fall Tips for selling into department stores Outerwear fashion keys in on details Coming In February: Succeeding in the tween boy category Defining the role of independent reps Examining what ‘Made in the USA’ means today Plus: Tween girls’ and boys’ fashion