5 months ago WSJ: Gap Cuts 500 Corporate Positions Following Weak Quarter Gap is reportedly eliminating approximately 500 corporate jobs, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal. The layoffs and elimination…
7 months ago Gap CEO Out, New Old Navy CEO Hired as Retailer Prepares for Difficult Quarter Gap President and CEO Sonia Syngal will depart the company after a brief transition and Executive Chairman of the Board Bob Martin…
8 months ago Gap Launches Four Shoppable ‘Laboratories’ at its S.F. Headquarters to Power Retail Innovation Gap will experiment with new ideas through four new retail spaces at its San Francisco headquarters, designed to support the Old Navy,…
10 months ago Headwinds at Gap: Old Navy CEO Out, Banana Republic UK to Shutter Ecommerce Operations Gap Inc. has downgraded its sales outlook for the first quarter of fiscal 2022 and announced the departure of Old Navy President…
11 months ago How Retailers Can Support BIPOC Brands Beyond February — and the ‘Charity’ Space As it has for several years, Black History Month 2022 boasted a sizeable assortment of retailer programs designed to spotlight products made…
1 year ago Old Navy Merchandising Exec: BODEQUALITY Has ‘Changed the Way We Work…Top to Bottom’ In 2018, Edelman research saw the rise of “belief-driven buyers” — people who said they would buy or boycott a brand solely…
2 years ago Retailers Wrangle for a Piece of the Prime Day Pie As Amazon Prime Day approaches, more and more retailers are aiming to get in on the action with their own competing sales….
2 years ago Gap, Giant Eagle and More Deploy Solutions to Streamline Merchandising Processes Gap, Giant Eagle and Poundland are among a slate of retailers that have recently implemented the Oracle Retail Merchandising Cloud Service to…
2 years ago 80 Brands Offering Mobile Storefronts Via ‘Swipe.Shop.’ for Holidays Group Nine Media has launched a mobile commerce solution dubbed “Swipe.Shop” that will feature more than 80 bespoke digital storefronts and spotlight…
2 years ago Gap to Close 350 Stores as Retailer Shifts Focus to Ecommerce and Off-Mall Operations Gap Inc. plans to shrink its store footprint by 350 locations as the retailer works to return to profitable growth in 2021,…
2 years ago Old Navy Interim CEO Gets Position Permanently Gap has appointed Nancy Green as President and CEO of Old Navy, reporting to Gap CEO Sonia Syngal. Green has served as…
2 years ago Retailers Join Efforts To Maximize Voter Participation It started in the runup to the 2018 midterm elections: Hundreds of companies, including many retailers, joined nonpartisan efforts to encourage voter…
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