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Gap Names Mark Breitbard as New Banana Republic Head

Breitbard will join Gap in early May, having most recently served as the chief executive of San Francisco based-children's apparel retailer Gymboree Corp.
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  • Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO, United StatesGap Inc named Mark Breitbard as president and chief executive officer of its Banana Republic brand.

Breitbard, who will join Gap in early May, most recently served as the chief executive of San Francisco based-children's apparel retailer Gymboree Corp, Gap said on Tuesday.

Breitbard will replace Andi Owen, who left the company in late February.

By Gayathree Ganesan; editor: Shounak Dasgupta. 

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