Gap

Gap was founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher in San Francisco. The group is the owner of Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Hill City and Athleta. The founding family is still connected to the company owning a majority stake.

What fashion has done so far to avoid tariffs

With the U.S. fashion industry facing a potential $150 billion tariff wave, major retailers like Gap and Ralph Lauren are strategizing to safeguard their bottom lines amid rising costs.

Gap and Target Among Major Retailers Partnering With Syre on Recycled Textile Supply

The U.S. fashion giant will introduce up to 10,000 metric tons per year of the recycled polyester produced by the next gen company, which it will use in the collections of its entire portfolio of brands.

Gap closes all of its stores in North America over pandemic

Gap announced that starting tomorrow all of its stores in North America will be closed. So far, Macy’s, Kering, Nike or Hudson’s Bay, among others, have also taken the equivalent measures.

Gap contemplates the closure of its flagship stores in Times Square

The American fashion retailer chain is studying the possibility of renting emblematic stores of its chains to third parties.

Coronavirus: Gap expects $100 million impact on sales in Q1

The company states that “it is not currently possible to provide a reasonable estimate” beyond the first quarter.

The once biggest fashion retailer in the world has been stuck in boredom for years. The group need an executive that gives it a spin and bets on the product.

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The highest positioned brand of Gymboree had been on sale since the children’s fashion giant went into liquidation last January. Gap will pay 35 million dollars for the brand.

Gap's bridal ‘fail’ returns a year after its closure alongside Adrianna Papell

The American company of wedding dresses has presented 37 bridal models of the Weddington Way brand, after Gap closed the company back in 2018.

The American fashion retailer has hired Neil Frisk, the person behind the relaunch of Australian surf brand Billabong, to lead the company’s on-going transformation process.

The company expects to end its fiscal year with a single digit drop in sales. In the third quarter, the company’s sales were 3.9 billion dollars.

Art Peck leaves office as president and chief executive officer of the fourth largest fashion retailer. Robert J. Fisher, son of the founders, relieves him on an interim basis.

The American fashion retailer plans to make several store openings in 2020. Its childrenswear line is already sold thought their ecommerce.

The fashion retailer has appointed Mary Beth Laughton as president and CEO of the sportswear chain. She will take the role at the end of October.

The American retail giant, that operated in the country until 2016, has opened a new store in the capital of the country.

The American giant closed the first half of its fiscal year, ended August 3rd, with a net benefit of 7.7 billion dollars, and sales for 395 million dollars.

The American retail giant creates the new business model Style Passport, that will allow the customer to rent three garments a month for a fixed price of 85 dollars.

Bestseller, Gap, Li&Fung, PVH, Target, VF Corporation or Target are some of the big fashion retailers that participate in the Life and Building Safety Initiative (Labs) platform to promote safety in the factories located in these countries.

The American retail urban fashion brand has added to its board of directors, Felix Carbullido, current vice president and marketing director of Williams-Sonoma.

Nancy Green, former president of Athleta joins Old Navy as its new president and chief creative officer.

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