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Gap CEO Is 'Drawing Line in Sand' With Shift to Old Navy

15 September 2017 • By Bloomberg

15 September 2017 • By Bloomberg

The idea is to focus on the areas with the most potential for fuelling growth — rather than having unrealistic expectations for the older divisions.

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Gap CEO Is 'Drawing Line in Sand' With Shift to Old Navy

The idea is to focus on the areas with the most potential for fuelling growth — rather than having unrealistic expectations for the older divisions.

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Gap Inc. Shifts Focus Towards Old Navy and Athleta

6 September 2017 • By Associated Press

6 September 2017 • By Associated Press

The company will close 200 Gap and Banana Republic stores in the next three years and open 270 Old Navy and Athleta stores during the same period.

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Gap Inc. Shifts Focus Towards Old Navy and Athleta

The company will close 200 Gap and Banana Republic stores in the next three years and open 270 Old Navy and Athleta stores during the same period.

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Gap’s Old Navy Chain Keeps Retailer’s Turnaround Hopes Alive

17 August 2017 • By Bloomberg

17 August 2017 • By Bloomberg

Shares at Gap Inc. up 16 percent as revenue grows at the company's lower-priced chain

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Gap’s Old Navy Chain Keeps Retailer’s Turnaround Hopes Alive

Shares at Gap Inc. up 16 percent as revenue grows at the company's lower-priced chain

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Why Fashion M&A Is Hard to Pull Off

10 July 2017 • By Reuters

10 July 2017 • By Reuters

Abercrombie & Fitch became the latest to demonstrate this on Monday, ending talks about a potential sale after failing to agree terms with potential suitors.

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Why Fashion M&A Is Hard to Pull Off

Abercrombie & Fitch became the latest to demonstrate this on Monday, ending talks about a potential sale after failing to agree terms with potential suitors.

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Gap Inc. Posts Surprise Rise in Same-Store Sales

18 May 2017 • By Reuters

18 May 2017 • By Reuters

The company's results are a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy apparel retail industry, which has been hit hard by the growing popularity of online shopping.

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Gap Inc. Posts Surprise Rise in Same-Store Sales

The company's results are a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy apparel retail industry, which has been hit hard by the growing popularity of online shopping.

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Western Shoppers Fuel Revival For Made-in-Asia Goods

8 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

8 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

Asia's trade rebound is happening amid worries over rising protectionism and a still fragile outlook for the world economy that raises the question: how long can the good times last?

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Western Shoppers Fuel Revival For Made-in-Asia Goods

Asia's trade rebound is happening amid worries over rising protectionism and a still fragile outlook for the world economy that raises the question: how long can the good times last?

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US Retailers Boost Lobbying Spend Amid Border-Tax Battle

21 April 2017 • By Bloomberg

21 April 2017 • By Bloomberg

Target, Best Buy and Gap almost quadrupled their combined spending on lobbying in Washington as they work to defeat a corporate-tax proposal that some have said threatens their industry.

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US Retailers Boost Lobbying Spend Amid Border-Tax Battle

Target, Best Buy and Gap almost quadrupled their combined spending on lobbying in Washington as they work to defeat a corporate-tax proposal that some have said threatens their industry.

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Wall Street’s Bet Against Empty Malls Is Getting Too Crowded, Citi Says

5 April 2017 • By Bloomberg

5 April 2017 • By Bloomberg

Investors should instead consider buying protection from a mixture of bonds from retailers that include Target, Gap, Nordstrom and Macy's as a different type of short-term play.

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Wall Street’s Bet Against Empty Malls Is Getting Too Crowded, Citi Says

Investors should instead consider buying protection from a mixture of bonds from retailers that include Target, Gap, Nordstrom and Macy's as a different type of short-term play.

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Gap Names Mark Breitbard as New Banana Republic Head

14 March 2017 • By Reuters

14 March 2017 • By Reuters

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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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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Report: Retail CEOs Head to Washington to Try to Kill US Border Tax

14 February 2017 • By Reuters

14 February 2017 • By Reuters

Their input has more urgency as US President Donald Trump is finalising his own tax plan that he plans to unveil in the coming weeks.

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Report: Retail CEOs Head to Washington to Try to Kill US Border Tax

Their input has more urgency as US President Donald Trump is finalising his own tax plan that he plans to unveil in the coming weeks.