All Gap articles – Page 11

  • News

    Gap posts £2.2bn Q1 sales

    2010-05-26T16:47:00Z

    Gap has posted net sales of $3.33bn (£2.2bn) in its first quarter, a rise of 6% on the same period last year. Like-for-like sales increased 4% and net income rocketed 40% to $302m (£200m).Chairman and chief executive Glenn Murphy said: “Fuelled by our strengthened economic model, we are in a ...

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    Gap reports flat year-on-year sales for April

    2010-05-21T10:58:00Z

    Gap has reported flat year-on-year sales of $1.05bn (£727m) for the four weeks to May 1.

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    Weaker April sales round off stronger first quarter at Gap

    2010-05-06T14:04:00Z

    Gap sales fell in April after a more positive first quarter where sales grew 6% to $3.3bn (£2.2bn) and like-for-like sales lifted 4% in the three months to May1.

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    Analysis

    EBay’s bid to conquer fashion

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    With a dedicated and revamped area, fashion marks eBay’s next big push into the fixed-price arena, but will customers take to the shift in focus and will it succeed in a crowded market

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    Gap sales continue to grow

    2010-04-08T15:36:00Z

    Gap sales have continued to improve both in the US and internationally with like-for-like sales in March ahead 11% across the group compared to an 8% fall for the same month last year.

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    Gap to open first Italian store in Milan

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Gap is to open its first Italian store in Milan this year, with another planned for Rome next year.The retailer will open Gap and Banana Republic stores side by side on Corso Vittorio Emanuele in Milan’s shopping district; the exact launch date has yet to be revealed. Each of the ...

  • Gap reveals online plans and plots entry into Italy
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    Gap reveals online plans and plots entry into Italy

    2010-02-25T21:00:00Z

    Gap has confirmed plans to bring a direct ecommerce offer for both its eponymous fascia and Banana Republic to the UK later this year.

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    Analysis

    Business sales: retail makeover tactics

    February 12, 2010

    After a year when retailers often got the cold shoulder, both private equity and IPO activity in the sector is picking up. Joanna Perry examines the makeover tactics retailers use to encourage a sale

  • Like-for-like sales rise across all of Gap's brands in January
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    Like-for-like sales rise across all of Gap's brands in January

    2010-02-04T15:53:00Z

    American fashion giant Gap said sales in January began to gain momentum, up 5% to $798m (£506m) for the month.

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    Target sales up 1.8%

    2010-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Retailers’ sales for the festive period were boosted by last-minute shopping and reduced pre-Christmas discounting, thanks to tighter management of inventories in the run-up to the holidays.Like-for-like sales at discounter Target rose 1.8% year on year; fashion giant Gap’s like-for-likes were up 1%, including a 7% rise at its cheaper ...

  • Gap sales improve for Christmas
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    Gap sales improve for Christmas

    2010-01-07T14:12:00Z

    Gap enjoyed a stronger Christmas this year with group like-for-like sales ahead 2% in the five weeks to January 2 compared to a drop of 14% for December 2008.

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    Analysis

    Asian markets beckon for crunch-hit fashion players

    December 18, 2009

    Slowed consumer spending in their recession-hit home markets has led the world’s largest fashion retailers to pursue Asia for growth. Retailers such as Inditex, H M and Gap are now finding more fertile grounds for expansion in the region, where the effects of the economic downturn have been much less ...

  • Gap like-for-like sales flat in November
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    Gap like-for-like sales flat in November

    2009-12-03T16:18:00Z

    Gap said that comparable store sales across its group were flat for the four weeks to November 28, compared with a decrease of 10% in November last year.

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    Gap November sales up 2%

    2009-12-03T16:09:00Z

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    Gap profits rocketed 25% in its third quarter

    2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

    Gap profits rocketed 25% in its third quarter, helped by growing sales at its Old Navy fascia.Total sales rose 1% to $3.59bn (£2.17bn) for the quarter to October 31. Like-for-like sales at Old Navy were up 10% against an 18% fall the year before.The fashion retailer is focused on gaining ...

  • Gap profits up 25%
    News

    Gap profits up 25%

    2009-11-20T09:56:00Z

    Gap profits grew 25% in its third quarter helped by growing sales at its Old Navy fascia.

  • Anthropologie has hired UK talent and will source some product locally for its Regent Street store
    Analysis

    How US retailers can crack the UK market

    November 13, 2009

    As Victoria’s Secret becomes the latest US retail giant to focus on the UK, Lisa Berwin asks what the attraction is and how they can crack the market.

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    Opinion

    Americans in London

    2009-11-09T12:25:00Z

    Look at the tenant list for Regent Street and you have to wonder what’s happening. Why do American retailers making landfall in the UK seem to view this single London street as the most obvious destination to set up shop?

  • Gap sales beat expectations
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    Gap sales beat expectations

    2009-11-05T14:08:00Z

    Sales for US fashion giant Gap beat expectations in October up 5% on last year to $1.14bn (£70m).

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    Analysis

    Today’s market: a matter of space and time

    October 23, 2009

    With void rates soaring in some locations and still low in others, John Ryan looks at how developers are dealing with this changed market, and what this means for retailers