Gap

Gap is and American fashion retailer. Gap also operates brands such as Old Navy and Banana Republic, but only trades in the UK as Gap. Gap was forced to close down all 81 stores in the UK and Ireland between 2019 and 2020, but continues to trade online and via Next stores after the British fashion giant took a 51% stake in 2019. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Gap, Next and the fashion sector.

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Analysis
Partnership update: Asos taps into ChatGPT, Ikea fights crime with new collaboration, and more
2026-05-26T06:00:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
Welcome to the Solutions Spotlight partnership update: Retail Week’s round-up of the latest innovative technology and supply chain tie-ups in retail
News
Gap co-founder Doris Fisher dies
2026-05-05T14:09:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan
Doris Fisher, the woman who co-founded fashion brand Gap alongside her husband Don, has died aged 94.
News
Gap turns to M&S for new strategy director
2026-01-08T14:48:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan
Gap has named former Marks & Spencer head of portfolio of international business Elizabeth Burgess as its new senior director of strategy.

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Feature

Trimming fat or cutting muscle? How retailers can preserve their brand story in an era of cost-cutting

2025-09-15T06:15:00+01:00By Megan Tatum

In the early 1990s, as sky-high interest rates, falling house prices, and an overvalued exchange rate sent the economy into a tailspin, McDonald’s famously slashed its brand marketing budget in a bid to cut costs. Just as famously, it lived to regret that decision.

News

Asda turns to Tesco to appoint new chief people officer

2025-04-15T09:35:00+01:00By George MacDonald

Asda has hired a new chief people officer who will join from rival Tesco as the Leeds grocer pushes ahead with its turnaround programme.

Major brands join forces to decarbonise fashion
2024-06-17T05:30:00+01:00
Gap appoints executive who transformed Barbie as CEO
2023-07-26T15:34:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora
Barbie-mania: How much is the hype going to be worth to retail?
2023-07-17T05:00:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Ranking: The top 20 retailers to work for in the UK in 2022, according to employees
2022-07-28T05:00:00+01:00By Grace Bowden

From Crocs and KFC to Yeezy and Gap – seven of retail’s most surprising collaborations
2022-02-10T16:05:00+00:00By Caoimhe Gordon
Gap joins Next’s Total Platform to reboot UK operations
2021-09-17T11:57:00+01:00By Rosie Shepard
Data: Primark and H&M results show fashion’s fortunes are on the up
2021-07-02T14:37:00+01:00By Rosie Shepard
Steiner: Ocado acquisitions could pave way for move into new sectors
2020-11-02T14:34:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev

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