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Gap is an American apparel retail company. Founded in 1969 in San Francisco, Gap is owned by parent company Gap Inc., which also operates Old Navy, Banana Republic and Athleta.

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News & Analysis

A Week of Reckoning at Condé Nast

The publishing company is reported to have lost more than $120 million last year and plans to put Brides, Golf Digest and W up for sale. But the makeover won't end there.

News & Analysis

A Week of Reckoning at Condé Nast

The publishing company is reported to have lost more than $120 million last year and plans to put Brides, Golf Digest and W up for sale. But the makeover won't end there.


News & Analysis

Power Moves | Salvatore Ferragamo's New CEO, Louise Trotter Departs Joseph

This week, Micaela Le Divelec Lemmi is named Salvatore Ferragamo's new chief executive, while Louise Trotter exits her role as creative director of Joseph.

News & Analysis

Power Moves | Salvatore Ferragamo's New CEO, Louise Trotter Departs Joseph

This week, Micaela Le Divelec Lemmi is named Salvatore Ferragamo's new chief executive, while Louise Trotter exits her role as creative director of Joseph.


News & Analysis

Amazon Primed for Gain With Private Label Apparel

Amazon sold 5 million items in apparel on Prime Day, showing particular strength in affordable private-label items. But can the company break into luxury fashion?

News & Analysis

Amazon Primed for Gain With Private Label Apparel

Amazon sold 5 million items in apparel on Prime Day, showing particular strength in affordable private-label items. But can the company break into luxury fashion?


News & Analysis

The Secret to Growing a Basics Business

A core collection of essentials can make or break a brand’s bottom line — depending on the execution.

News & Analysis

The Secret to Growing a Basics Business

A core collection of essentials can make or break a brand’s bottom line — depending on the execution.


Retail

What Fashion Can Learn From California

How the cultural, business and technology trends seen in California are harbingers of change in the wider world — and contain lessons for the future.

Retail

What Fashion Can Learn From California

How the cultural, business and technology trends seen in California are harbingers of change in the wider world — and contain lessons for the future.


News & Analysis

Power Moves | Gant's New CEO, 032c Names Executive Editor

This week, Gant appoints Brian Grevy as chief executive, while 032c names Victoria Camblin as executive editor.

News & Analysis

Power Moves | Gant's New CEO, 032c Names Executive Editor

This week, Gant appoints Brian Grevy as chief executive, while 032c names Victoria Camblin as executive editor.


Sustainability

Circularity: Sustainable Fashion’s Holy Grail or Greenwashing?

For many fashion brands, circularity begins and ends with marketing campaigns or capsule collections featuring recycled materials, an approach some activists liken to greenwashing.

Sustainability

Circularity: Sustainable Fashion’s Holy Grail or Greenwashing?

For many fashion brands, circularity begins and ends with marketing campaigns or capsule collections featuring recycled materials, an approach some activists liken to greenwashing.


News & Analysis

Social Goods | Gap and H&M Factory Workers Face Daily Abuse, Fur Opposition in China

This week, a new report claims fast-fashion deadlines create a climate of harassment and violence in Asian factories, while top fashion industry representatives in Shanghai are committing to going fur-free.

News & Analysis

Social Goods | Gap and H&M Factory Workers Face Daily Abuse, Fur Opposition in China

This week, a new report claims fast-fashion deadlines create a climate of harassment and violence in Asian factories, while top fashion industry representatives in Shanghai are committing to going fur-free.


News & Analysis

Fashion Got Woke. But at What Cost?

Apparel brands increasingly inject activism into their marketing campaigns, in a high-risk, high-reward strategy.

News & Analysis

Fashion Got Woke. But at What Cost?

Apparel brands increasingly inject activism into their marketing campaigns, in a high-risk, high-reward strategy.


Retail

The Gucci-Gap Divide: How Luxury Is Winning the Race for Millennial Spend

Luxury labels like Gucci and Balenciaga — whose $1,300 'T-Shirt Shirt' spawned countless memes this week — are pulling away from the pack. When was the last time a Gap t-shirt generated that kind of traction on Instagram?

Retail

The Gucci-Gap Divide: How Luxury Is Winning the Race for Millennial Spend

Luxury labels like Gucci and Balenciaga — whose $1,300 'T-Shirt Shirt' spawned countless memes this week — are pulling away from the pack. When was the last time a Gap t-shirt generated that kind of traction on Instagram?