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Yesterday | New York Times

Something to Rah-Rah-Rah About for Christmas

GAP is celebrating the coming holiday season with glee - or perhaps that should be "Glee." Gap said "there's no accident" in the resemblance between its ads and "Glee," the hit TV series on Fox featuring cheerleaders.

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Related Topix: Retail, Apparel, JC Penney, Wal Mart Stores, Marketing, Boulder Metro, Denver Metro

Wednesday | The Ellis County Press Online

AFA is calling for a limited two-month boycott of Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic

The three stores owned by San Francisco-based Gap Inc., over the company's censorship of the word "Christmas." The boycott is part of our ongoing campaign to encourage businesses, communities and individuals to put Christ back in Christmas.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Retail

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Medical News

LLS to participate in Gap's Give & Get program to support its blood cancer research

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will again be participating in Gap Inc.'s Give & Get program, which in its first two campaigns this past spring and summer, garnered more than $1 million to support LLS's blood cancer research funding and patient education and support services.

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Related Topix: Charitable Organizations, Lymphoma, Health, Retail, Apparel

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Blogging Stocks

Consumer spending falls victim to debt repayment

Filed under: Costco Wholesale , Gap Inc , Federal Reserve , Recession Consumer borrowing fell for the eighth straight month in September.

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Related Topix: Retail, Costco Wholesale, Apparel, Home, Mortgage

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Blogging Stocks

Retail sales: Signs of life, but not yet a rising tide

Filed under: Wal-Mart , Target Corp. , Costco Wholesale , Gap Inc , Nordstrom, Inc There's a chill in the air and a slight up-tick in confidence.

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Target, Costco Wholesale, Apparel, Nordstrom

Wed Nov 04, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle

New business group backs climate-change bill

A new group of businesses - including retail giant Gap Inc. and several large utility companies - joined the lobbying fray over climate change on Wednesday, arguing that Congress must pass legislation to limit greenhouse gases as soon as possible.

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Related Topix: Retail, Apparel, US News, Global Warming, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Asbury Park Press Online

Buy Gap, Macy's calls before sales reports, Goldman Sachs says

Investors should buy bullish options on Gap Inc. and Macy's Inc. because the retailers may advance after reporting greater-than-estimated sales tomorrow, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Retail, Apparel

Fri Oct 30, 2009

The Ledger

Don Fisher, 81, Gap Founder, Dies

Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 3:57 a.m. Don Fisher, whose frustration in finding a pair of blue jeans with the proper inseam length, the story goes, led him and his wife, Doris, to open their own blue jeans store, a business that expanded to become Gap Inc., died Sunday at home in San ...

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Related Topix: Apparel, Retail

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Canada.com

Gap jeans go premium in move to fill style gap

Patrick Robinson, head designer for Gap, Inc., poses for a photograph with denim jeans.

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Related Topix: Retail, Apparel, Marketing

Tue Oct 27, 2009

The Globe and Mail

The best travel apps

Road Work: a weekly look at business travel The best travel apps Matthew Vincent / for the Globe and Mail Your iPhone or BlackBerry can be your best friend on the road with the right apps.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Laptops/Notebooks, Retail, Apparel, Dining, Travel

Business Wire

Charles Schwab Opens New Flagship San Francisco Branch Office

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., one of the nation's leading financial services firms, has relocated its flagship San Francisco branch office to 100 Post St.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Charles Schwab, Investment Services, San Francisco Metro, Personal Finance, Retirement, Retail, Apparel

Mon Oct 26, 2009

MarketWatch

A&P lets go of CEO as company's loss widens

Greater Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., parent of the A&P supermarket chain, on Tuesday pushed aside Chief Executive Eric Claus after the company's performance fell short of the board's expectations.

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Related Topix: Retail, Apparel, Montvale, NJ

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Environmental and Urban Economics

The Fiscal Impact of California's AB 32

The Sacramento Bee is full of useful stuff. When they aren't publishing my salary, they are highlighting important policy debates taking place in California's Capitol .

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Related Topix: California, Sacramento, CA, Stanford University, Retail, Apparel, UC Berkeley, Los Angeles County, CA

Thu Oct 22, 2009

The Retail Stock Blog

Commercial Real Estate: The Gathering Storm

Commercial real estate is a house a cards about to collapse on multiple fronts for deeply structural reasons.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Life, Holidays, Halloween, Retail, Apparel, Toys R Us

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

Shoppers Filling Online Carts May Propel Holiday Season for Macy's, Gap

Web sites run by Macya s Inc., Gap Inc. and Urban Outfitters Inc. may prop up retail sales this holiday season as discounts and online improvements drive more shoppers to their computers.

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Related Topix: Urban Outfitters, Retail, Apparel, Carlsbad, CA, US Travel, Travel

Tue Oct 20, 2009

MarketWatch

Trading on deflation: Supermarket stocks tick up

Beaten-down shares of the largest U.S. supermarket chains extended their recent rally Thursday, gains built on hopes that deflation for meats, produce, and dairy goods will ease and some inflation will return.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Retail, Safeway, Grocery, Apparel, Supervalu, Food, Kroger

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Gap to return to TV ads, expand into China

The apparel retailer Gap Inc. on Thursday announced plans to return to television advertising in November for its namesake brand, after a two-year hiatus, and said it will continue to expand internationally.

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Related Topix: Retail, Apparel, Costco Wholesale, Yum Brands, Restaurant Management, Aeropostale, Kroger, Grocery

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Second City Style

Gap Ads to Run This Holiday Season

Welcome back to TV, Gap ! After two years without any Gap ads, starting in November, you will be able to see a completely new ad campaign.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Retail

Sat Oct 17, 2009

WSB-TV

Gap To Return To TV Ads, Expand Into China

The apparel retailer Gap Inc. on Thursday announced plans to return to television advertising in November for its namesake brand, after a two-year hiatus, and said it will continue to expand internationally.

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Related Topix: Retail, Apparel

Display & Design Ideas

Gap to Expand into China, Roll Out New Old Navy Store Design

San Franciso-based The Gap Inc. has announced that it will continue international expansion, with plans to open its first Chinese Gap store next year, according to the Associated Press.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Retail

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