All Gap articles – Page 9

  • Gap like-for-likes dipped by 1% in its fourth quarter
    News

    Gap warns of squeeze on 2011 margins

    2011-02-25T10:32:00Z

    Gap said international like-for-like sales dipped 1% in its fourth quarter to January 29 and warned that it expected operating margins to be squeezed in 2011 because of cost inflation driven by rising cotton prices.

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    Analysis

    Security technology: A full arsenal of deterrents

    2011-02-14T07:00:00Z

    Protecting profit through improving security has never been more important. So how can retailers make the most of their security budgets.

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    Gap names Art Peck as new president of Gap North America

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Gap has named Art Peck its new president of Gap North America, effective immediately. Peck previously handled corporate strategy and oversaw the outlet division.He succeeds Marka Hansen, who has led the Gap brand in North America since 2007. Meanwhile, Pam Wallack, the current president of Gap Adult North America, will ...

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    Analysis

    The power of the network

    2011-01-24T07:00:00Z

    There are a few online sites that are seriously important to retailers. So what are they and why do they affect your business?

  • News

    Gap's Athleta opens store in San Francisco

    2011-01-20T14:11:00Z

    Gap’s Athleta brand, which was until now only available through Gap’s online platform, has opened its first retail location in San Francisco.The store offers Athleta’s collection of women’s active lifestyle apparel for yoga, running, swimming, the gym, hiking and skiing alongside other sportswear. Custom-made mannequins moulded from the body of ...

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    Analysis

    Social networking strategies that click

    2011-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Social networking is a minefield, so what should retailers do to get it right?

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    News

    Gap like-for-likes dip over Christmas

    2011-01-06T15:04:00Z

    Gap international like-for-likes, which includes the UK, were down 4% in the key Christmas trading period in the five weeks to January 1.

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    News

    Gap to investigate Bangladesh factory fire

    2010-12-16T10:51:00Z

    Gap has said it was “terribly saddened” by the deaths of workers at a Bangladeshi factory razed to the ground by a fire this week, and that it would investigate the cause of the blaze.

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    News

    Gap sales up in November but international suffers slight drop

    2010-12-02T16:41:00Z

    US fashion giant Gap’s like-for-like sales rose 4% in November but its international arm, which includes UK sales, was down 1%.

  • Valentino’s collection with Gap will launch in its London flagship store this Saturday
    News

    Valentino for Gap launches on Saturday

    2010-11-25T09:49:00Z

    Valentino’s collection with high-street retailer Gap will launch in its London flagship store this Saturday.

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    Analysis

    Pop and go

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Pop-up shops have become an effective consumer touch-point for brands, a convenient way of filling space and creating a dynamic environment. But is the fizz going out of pop, asks Mark Faithfull

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    News

    La Senza to widen appeal and target M&S customers

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Lingerie chain La Senza is shifting its strategy to directly target older M&S customers in order to grow its market share.

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    Analysis

    44 Stephen Sunnucks

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    President, Europe and international strategic alliances, Gap Europe

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    News

    Gap opens first Chinese stores

    2010-11-11T10:36:00Z

    Gap’s first store in China has opened today as the US retailer begins its assault on the lucrative Chinese market.

  • Opinion

    Gap.com vs Hm.com

    2010-11-05T12:52:00Z

    Alex Wares, managing director, Mediarun reviews Gap.com and Hm.com

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    News

    Gap guns for international and online sales

    2010-10-15T10:50:00Z

    Gap is gunning to increase its share of the $1.4 trillion global apparel market with the aim that by its 2013 financial year international and online sales will account for more than a quarter of its total net sales.

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    News

    Gap drops new logo

    2010-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Gap has dropped plans to change its logo after being ridiculed by bloggers and tweeters for a new design unveiled last week.

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    Opinion

    Price alone not enough for value specialists

    2010-10-15T00:00:00Z

    One of the many things we’ll miss about Sir Stuart Rose when he retires next year is the frequency with which he says “value is a function of price times quality”. Never has that been truer than today.

  • Opinion

    Mind the Gap

    2010-10-12T09:43:00Z

    Gap’s u-turn on its logo is the funniest thing that’s happened in retail in ages

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    News

    Gap apologises and scraps new logo after uproar

    2010-10-12T09:39:00Z

    Gap has done a rapid about face and said that it would revert to its traditional blue box logo after a disastrous reaction to a new logo unveiled in America last week.