Stephen Sunnucks named President, International, Gap Inc.; Old Navy to expand outside North America LONDON – April 19, 2011 – As part of Gap Inc.’s global growth strategy, the company today announced that it will combine its International operations into one division, run out of London. Led by Stephen Sunnucks, the International division will capitalize […]
Addition of ecommerce channel extends Gap reach in China and supports global growth strategy. San Francisco – March 30, 2011 – Gap Inc. (NYSE:GPS) announced today that it has launched a Gap store on China’s largest e-commerce website, Taobao Mall. Chinese consumers will now have access to hundreds of fashion choices for men, women, kids […]
Brand strength or brand power is what fuels the performance of the most admired companies in our industry and over the past four years, we've made sweeping changes to our organization to support and nurture brand power. One of the most important changes that we made was decentralizing the management of our brands–uniting control of […]
ICRW Recognizes Gap Inc.’s Efforts to Advance the Lives of Female Garment Workers Washington, DC March 9, 2011 – Gap Inc. received the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) Champions for Change Award for Innovation in recognition of the company’s P.A.C.E. (Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement) program. This workplace program was developed by Gap […]
BreakoutBand Takes Home $15,000 Grand Prize for Creative Integration of Old Navy Brand Into Its Online Community SAN FRANCISCO, CA – March 03, 2011 – After reviewing entries from top game developers around the nation, Old Navy and RadiumOne Social declared BreakoutBand as the winner of “Game On!: The Old Navy Developers Challenge,” a competition […]
Coalition to set Common Metrics and Standards to Improve Apparel Sustainability VENTURA, CA – March 1, 2011 – A group of leading apparel and footwear brands, retailers, manufacturers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academic experts, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today launched the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. The Coalition will work on a collaborative approach to reduce […]
VERNON, Calif., Feb 23, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) –True Religion Apparel, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRLG) today announced that the Company has named David Chiovetti as Senior Vice President of North America Retail, a newly created position, effective February 22, 2011. Mr. Chiovetti was most recently Vice President of Stores, Guess and Guess by Marciano, where he provided […]
New flagship store opens in Ginza with largest Gap sales floor in Japan TOKYO – February 21, 2011 – Gap Japan K.K. today announced the grand opening of its Gap Flagship Ginza store, scheduled to take place on March 3, 2011. Launching in one of the most renowned shopping areas in Japan, the new Ginza […]
Campaign Combines Music, Fun and Fashion to Better Engage with its Fashion-minded Customers through Enhanced in Store, Online and Mobile Device Experiences SAN FRANCISCO – February 17, 2011 – Old Navy today debuted its spring advertising campaign, called “Old Navy Records: Original hits. Original styles.” Starting Thursday, shoppers will experience a new Old Navy as […]
Customers in Austria, Estonia, Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia can now shop Gap and Banana Republic from the brands’ European sites (www.gap.eu and www.bananarepublic.eu). SAN FRANCISCO – February 9, 2011 – Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) today announced that customers in eight additional European countries can shop Gap and Banana Republic online through its […]