All posts tagged "jobber market"

  • Los Angeles' jobber market located in the downtown fashion district (Korea Times file)
    Will El Paso, Texas become the Korean American apparel industry’s new home?

    By Lee Woo-su, Tae Hong El Paso, Texas, may become the Korean American apparel industry’s next home. As many as 100 businesses, and at least 50, based in Los Angeles — many from the “jobber markets” of...

    • Posted November 17, 2015
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  • Los Angeles' jobber market located in the downtown fashion district (Korea Times file)
    [LA Times] The fight to keep Korean businesses in L.A.

      When Daejae Kim arrived in Los Angeles three decades ago, he took his first step into the apparel business in downtown’s fashion district, where a budding Korean entrepreneurial community was beginning to take...

    • Posted September 2, 2015
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  • Los Angeles' jobber market located in the downtown fashion district (Korea Times file)
    LA Fashion District employs 25,000 Koreans

    Los Angeles’ Fashion District, also known as the jobber market, employs about 25,000 Koreans who make up about 13.2 percent of the total fashion-related workforce in California, the Korean Apparel Manufacturers Association said Monday. According to the...

    • Posted December 23, 2014
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