BoF learns about the development and upskilling opportunities that working for a portfolio company like Gap Inc. enables, hearing from creatives who have worked across more than one of its brands — Gap, Athleta, Banana Republic and Old Navy.

For storied but faded labels, reissuing archival styles with modern twists is the easy part. Long-term revival requires intensive internal reorganisation.

BoF learns how the parent company of Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic and Athleta is optimising collaborative working practices and workspaces for its creative teams in a post-pandemic workplace.

BoF’s retail correspondent Cathaleen Chen joins The Debrief to discuss how the mall brand plotted a turnaround that’s starting to pay off.

The mall retailer saw sales rise after swapping generic office clothes for a stronger point-of-view inspired by its safari-themed origins. The new look wasn’t for everyone – and that was the point.

Why the retail group appears to be in constant turnaround mode — and the measures it may need to take to change the narrative.

Zalando’s acquisition of Highsnobiety is just the latest in a spate of deals in which a company seeking relevance snapped up a smaller, hipper entity in the hopes of reaching a savvier, often younger, consumer. But does chasing cool ever work?

Tishman Speyer is redeveloping Rockefeller Center to include posh restaurants and stores from small, buzzy fashion brands, hoping to draw more New Yorkers to the area.