New ideas, new markets, new insights–innovation takes many forms. Look around and you’ll find it all over the U.S.A. First stop? Detroit. All around the country, Americans are dreaming big. Their ...

Capital & Main is an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political, and social issues. Christopher Parras is a pioneer of sorts. A year ago, the 28-year-old media ...

Gap, which owns Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta and its namesake banner, saw comparable sales rise 5% during the quarter, ...

It doesn’t get much more local than jeans from Dearborn Denim & Apparel—sewn by an all-Chicago staff in a Garfield Park former laundry turned factory, and sold in the company’s flagship store in Hyde ...

Denim was invented for the outdoors. Sailors, tradespeople, miners and cowboys wore the earliest iterations of the material to stay protected against the elements as they toiled in harsh environments.

There’s nothing fancy about the rugged heritage jeans sold at Detroit Denim Co., despite the $250 price tag. They’re just well-made, says company founder Eric Yelsma. “We’re making something as best ...

At the foot of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, in a renovated grain mill with soaring ceilings and wooden beams, Bart Sights is refining his recipes for denim. In his hands, stained dark blue from ...

A former NFL running back is looking to score again in a different arena with the upcoming opening of his first retail store at The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley. All Weather Selvedge Denim Co. (AW ...

From the workshops and ranches of the old West to your modern-day wardrobe, denim is the functional fabric that took over the world. It’s tough as nails, immune to ageing, impervious to trends and for ...