Richard Dickson has drawn inspiration from the clothing retailer’s early days as he tries to regain its cultural cachet.
Category: Gap Inc
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Doris Fisher, Co-Founder of the Gap, Dies at 94
The company she started in 1969 with her husband, Don, grew from a single store selling jeans and records to a $16 billion brand that remade the apparel industry.
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Cambodia Agrees to a Reduced Tariff and Breathes a Sigh of Relief
Initially 49%, it was lowered to 19%, easing worries of a damaging hit to the country’s garment and footwear production industries.
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Can Zac Posen Reinvent the Gap?
Can Zac Posen, known for over-the-top glamour, reinvent the American mall brand — and change his reputation in the process?
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Gown Represents Two Debuts in One
The story behind the Oscar winner’s all-denim look.
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Latest Retail Trend: Men as C.E.O.s
A number of prominent companies have recently hired men to run them, often placing them in roles that had been occupied by women.
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Gap, Looking for Barbie Magic, Hires Mattel’s President as C.E.O.
Richard Dickson helped improve Barbie’s image, culminating in the blockbuster film. Now he faces a similar turnaround challenge at the retailer.
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How Dapper Dan, Harlem Haberdasher, Spends His Sundays
The style icon is a news obsessive, a reader, a salsa dancer and a churchgoer (he skips the sermons, though).
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Kanye West Faces Costly Fallout
The entertainer has been widely condemned for a series of antisemitic comments. The fallout across industries has been swift.
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Kanye West, Dropped by CAA, Makes Adidas and Corporate Partners Squirm
The antisemitic outbursts and provocations by the artist now known as Ye have raised questions about how much offensive behavior companies are willing to tolerate from a proven moneymaker.