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Friday, April 11, 2008

Anti-billboard actvists target multi-story ‘supergraphics’

California | Local | By Molly Hennessy-Fiske | April 11, 2008
Anti-billboard activists have a new target: multi-story “supergraphic” signs plastered illegally on about three dozen buildings citywide. Read more
 

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Gap net up, stock down 6%

Business | By Leslie Earnest | November 22, 2007
Sharply higher profit didn’t win Gap Inc. Read more
 

Monday, October 29, 2007

Gap to reinforce policy after child labor report

Business | October 29, 2007
Gap Inc., the biggest U.S. clothing retailer, said it would meet with suppliers to reinforce its manufacturing policies after a newspaper investigation reported that a subcontractor in India was using children to make clothes. Read more
 

Friday, October 12, 2007

In Brief / APPAREL - Banana Republic president named

Business | October 12, 2007
Gap Inc., the largest U.S. clothing retailer, named Jack Calhoun, 43, president of its Banana Republic unit. Read more
 

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

In Brief / RETAIL - Gap to open stores in the Philippines

Business | October 10, 2007
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Saturday, September 29, 2007

Gap job applicants’ data stolen

Business | September 29, 2007
A laptop computer containing personal information of 800,000 people who applied for jobs at Gap Inc. Read more
 

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Gap hires designer for Old Navy

Business | By Leslie Earnest | September 22, 2007
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Thursday, August 30, 2007

In Brief / RETAIL - Gap CFO Pollitt jumps ship to Visa

Business | August 30, 2007
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Friday, August 24, 2007

Four clothing retailers deliver mixed bag of earnings reports

Business | By Leslie Earnest | August 24, 2007
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Friday, August 17, 2007

Gap touts improvements for overseas workers

Business | August 17, 2007
While Gap Inc.’s stores have been disappointing shoppers and investors, the factories making the retailer’s clothes have been treating workers better, according to the company’s latest assessment of its labor practices. Read more
 

Friday, July 27, 2007

Gap names drugstore exec as its new CEO

Business | By Kimi Yoshino and Leslie Earnest | July 27, 2007
Apparel retailer Gap Inc., which has suffered sinking sales and a shake-up of its top management, named a Canadian drugstore executive as its new chief executive Thursday. Read more
 

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Gap to open stores in Saudi Arabia

Business | June 14, 2007
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Friday, May 25, 2007

Gap profit falls 26% on losses at failed business, markdowns

Business | May 25, 2007
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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Gap names design chief for chain

Business | May 24, 2007
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Thursday, May 3, 2007

Gap is planning to make job cuts

Business | May 3, 2007
After nearly three years of sagging sales, clothing retailer Gap Inc. Read more
 

Friday, April 27, 2007

Gap’s ex-chief got $8.9 million in ‘06

Business | April 27, 2007
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Friday, April 6, 2007

Gap signs celebrated designers

Entertainment | By Adam Tschorn | April 6, 2007
L.A.-based fashion designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, along with New York’s Doo-Ri Chung and Thakoon Panichgul, are the latest high-profile names to lend cachet to a mass-market retailer. Read more
 

Sunday, April 1, 2007

It’s easy to see who wears the pants in this relationship

Entertainment | By Diane Haithman | April 1, 2007
ALTHOUGH actor Patrick Wilson has more musical-theater credits than Claire Danes – he was nominated for a Tony for “Oklahoma!” Read more
 

Friday, March 2, 2007

Gap net income drops as it discounts merchandise

Business | March 2, 2007
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Baby boom division won’t go forth

Business | By Leslie Earnest | February 27, 2007
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