<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Gap Inc.: News &amp; Videos about Gap Inc. - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Gap_Inc</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Gap Inc. from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:07:28 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Gap Inc.: News &amp; Videos about Gap Inc. - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Gap_Inc</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Gap Inc. from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Gap co-founder dies</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/27/news/companies/gap_founder_dies/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/27/news/companies/gap_founder_dies/index.htm</guid><description>Gap announced on Sunday that Donald G. Fisher, co-founder of Gap Inc. died at the age of 81.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap's denim revamp</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/13/news/companies/gap_denim_jeans.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/13/news/companies/gap_denim_jeans.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Gap is making a big bet for fall that it can woo customers back to its stores with a new line of jeans designed to compete with pricier models sold at trendy boutiques and upscale department stores.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Merchants get punished in July</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/06/news/economy/retailsales_july/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/06/news/economy/retailsales_july/index.htm</guid><description>Merchants suffered their second-worst monthly sales of the year in July -- a trend that could signal that the back-to-school shopping season, the second-biggest selling period of the year, will be much weaker than expected.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap tries branding to boost sales</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/27/magazines/fortune/old_navy_ad_campaign.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/27/magazines/fortune/old_navy_ad_campaign.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Does a brand identity really matter when people have turned away from shopping?</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Retail sales suffer another huge blow</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/06/news/economy/Oct_retailsales/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/06/news/economy/Oct_retailsales/index.htm</guid><description>U.S. retailers, already struggling with a protracted sales slump this year, suffered another disastrous sales month in October as Americans continue to shun unnecessary purchases in tough economic times.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Apparel Chains Report Dismal September Sales</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1848618,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1848618,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Dismal September sales results from mall-based apparel chains, released Thursday, offered more fresh evidence that American consumers, spooked by the financial meltdown, shut their wallets tight last month</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Five sure ways NOT to get over someone</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/10/02/tf.ways.not.get.over.relationship/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/10/02/tf.ways.not.get.over.relationship/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I'm going to come right out and cop to this -- I have been dumped more times than I can count. You'd think that after the 5,234th time, I'd be a tad more resilient, but nah. I have mourned certain dead relationships for longer than they went on in the first place and made an idiot of myself over men so patently unworthy, it's a wonder I haven't had my feminist card revoked.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Discount stores score big in August</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/04/news/companies/same_store_sales/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/04/news/companies/same_store_sales/index.htm</guid><description>Consumers nervous about the weak economy abandoned higher-end clothing store chains for discount retail giants such as Wal-Mart, Costco and BJ's, which reaped back-to-school sales in August.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>N.Y. officials: Factory for big retailers 'paid sweatshop wages'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/23/garment.workers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/23/garment.workers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Employees were underpaid millions of dollars and worked under sweatshop conditions at a New York factory that made garments for major retailers including Macy's and The Gap, the state Department of Labor said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gift Cards: the Non-Gift Gift 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1693271,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1693271,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Online searches for gift cards are rising, and they're more generic than ever. We're one step away from just giving money</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap's belt-tightening keeps shares in vogue</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/19/magazines/fortune/gap_kapner_earns.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/19/magazines/fortune/gap_kapner_earns.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Gap Inc.'s fashions are hardly topping consumers' shopping lists this holiday season. But that shouldn't stop investors from taking a closer look at the company's stock, which has been soaring, even as shares of other major retailers hit the skids.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap: Report of kids' sweatshop 'deeply disturbing'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/gap.labor/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/gap.labor/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Clothing retailer Gap Inc. has fired an Indian company accused of using child labor to make clothes, the company's president said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap Threatens India's Clothing Boom
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1677385,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1677385,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The product recall over child labor allegations could deter other Western brands from sourcing their production to India
</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap Reacts to Sweatshop Discovery</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1677372,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1677372,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Clothing retailer Gap Inc. said that it will convene all of its Indian suppliers to "forcefully reiterate" its ban on child labor after children were found making Gap clothes</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap: Stolen laptop has data of job applicants</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/28/news/companies/gap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/28/news/companies/gap/index.htm</guid><description>Gap Inc. announced Friday that a laptop containing the personal information of about 800,000 job applicants was stolen from the offices of one of its vendors that manages data for the company.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap hires Todd Oldham to revive Old Navy</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/21/news/companies/gap_oldham.ap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/21/news/companies/gap_oldham.ap/index.htm</guid><description>Slumping clothing retailer Gap Inc. said Friday it has hired interior designer and television personality Todd Oldham to bring his sense of style to its Old Navy discount chain.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap's profits rise, ups outlook</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/23/news/companies/gap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/23/news/companies/gap/index.htm</guid><description>Gap Inc. on Thursday posted second-quarter profits that met Wall Street estimates, helped by the retailer's ongoing cost-cutting initiatives and reduced discounts at its Gap and Old Navy stores.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Back-to-school sales' mixed grades</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/09/news/economy/July_retailsales/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/09/news/economy/July_retailsales/index.htm</guid><description>Despite heavy back-to-school discounting from Wal-Mart and other merchants, retailers reported a mixed bag of sales at their stores last month.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap names new CEO</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/26/news/companies/gap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/26/news/companies/gap/index.htm</guid><description>Gap Inc. announced Thursday that it has appointed Glenn Murphy to serve as chairman and chief executive officer of the clothing retailer which has struggled to keep up with rival chains.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap tries on Visa card</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/02/news/companies/ge_gap_visa/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/02/news/companies/ge_gap_visa/index.htm</guid><description>General Electric's consumer lending unit GE Money announced Monday that it will offer a Visa credit card to customers of the clothing retailer Gap Inc.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap Inc. seen eyeing job cuts</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/02/news/companies/gap_layoffs/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/02/news/companies/gap_layoffs/index.htm</guid><description>Struggling clothing chain Gap Inc. could soon announce job cuts as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce business costs in light of weak sales and traffic trends at its stores, according to a published report Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 11:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>GAP: Decline of a denim dynasty</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/30/8405468/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/30/8405468/index.htm</guid><description>On a cold September day in 1941, Donald Fisher, the founder of Gap Inc., was fishing on a Northern California beach. Suddenly, 12-year-old Don hooked a bass so big his brother Bob thought it was a ... </description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Retail's next M&amp;amp;A targets</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/13/news/companies/retail_shakeout/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/13/news/companies/retail_shakeout/index.htm</guid><description>America's bloated retail landscape is about to shrink some more.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chains hurt themselves with too many stores</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/08/news/economy/feb_retailsales/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/08/news/economy/feb_retailsales/index.htm</guid><description>February was a disappointing month for retailers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Red charity disputes marketing budget</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/05/news/companies/red_campaign/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/05/news/companies/red_campaign/index.htm</guid><description>The Global Fund's "Red" anti-AIDS campaign vigorously disputed reports Monday that its marketing budget grossly exceeds charitable donations the fund has received.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Forth &amp;amp; Towne strikes out, 550 job cuts</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/26/news/companies/gap_forthandtowne/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/26/news/companies/gap_forthandtowne/index.htm</guid><description>Gap Inc. said Monday that it will close its Forth &amp;amp; Towne stores after an 18-month pilot that began August 2005.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>J. Crew CEO: U.S. retailing lacks inspiration</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/16/news/companies/drexler/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/16/news/companies/drexler/index.htm</guid><description>Veteran retailer Millard (Micky) Drexler, currently CEO of J. Crew, delivered a very blunt message to his peers Tuesday: "I have a few issues about where our business is going. American fashion is not doing what we need to do. Our industry doesn't inspire customers today."</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Retail execs face the chopping block</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/11/news/companies/retailexes_problems/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/11/news/companies/retailexes_problems/index.htm</guid><description>It's only January but several retailers are already in spring cleaning mode and they're dumping senior executives, including their CEOs.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap shares surge nearly 10% on sale speculation</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/08/news/companies/gap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/08/news/companies/gap/index.htm</guid><description>Shares of struggling apparel retailer Gap Inc. surged nearly 10 percent Monday after a news report said the company had hired Goldman Sachs to help it explore strategic alternatives, including sale of the company.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mild weather melts profits at clothing sellers</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/05/news/companies/apparel_profits/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/05/news/companies/apparel_profits/index.htm</guid><description>Unless Old Man Winter shows up soon, this year's unusually mild winter could devastate crucial fourth-quarter sales and profits at struggling chains like Gap and Ann Taylor and other retailers that have failed to lure shoppers on warm weather gear, even with extra-deep discounts.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Warm weather chills holiday sales</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/30/news/economy/novretail_sales/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/30/news/economy/novretail_sales/index.htm</guid><description>Although retailers benefited from a surge of bargain hunters on Black Friday and the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, warmer-than-usual weather tempered November sales gains especially at some specialty apparel and department store chains.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Retailers: Back-to-school sales mediocre</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/31/news/economy/august_sales/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/31/news/economy/august_sales/index.htm</guid><description>Retailers turned in a mixed bag for August as many U.S. chain store operators failed to get a hoped-for back-to-school sales boost.</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The next retail chains to go private</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/31/news/companies/brand_acquisitions/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/31/news/companies/brand_acquisitions/index.htm</guid><description>Private equity firms, flush with more than $200 billion in cash, have been aggressively mining the retailing sector over the past 12 months for acquisition targets.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap trying to 'keep it simple'</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/06/news/companies/gap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/06/news/companies/gap/index.htm</guid><description>No. 1 apparel seller Gap Inc. on Tuesday announced that all of its namesakes U.S. stores are getting a substantial makeover this July and the retailer will also relaunch its TV ads in a bid to win back customers and revitalize its sagging sales.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>3 retailers in trouble</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/17/news/companies/troubled_retailers/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/17/news/companies/troubled_retailers/index.htm</guid><description>Hot Topic, Pier 1 Imports and Gap are three troubled retailers trying to dig out of a deep hole. Unfortunately, time may be running out while the hole just seems to be getting bigger.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 15:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fashion Victim</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/04/17/8374341/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/04/17/8374341/index.htm</guid><description>During an investor conference call last spring, Gap Inc. CEO Paul Pressler did a mea culpa, admitting he was "disappointed" by the retail firm's sagging sales. Pledging that a turnaround was in the... </description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is GAP's CEO a DMW?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/04/news/companies/gap_f500_fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/04/news/companies/gap_f500_fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Gap has lost its sense of style. After decades of outfitting the nation's weekend wardrobe, America's favorite clothing brand faltered, and CEO Paul Pressler is under increasing pressure to bring it back into fashion.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fashion Victim</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/07/magazines/fortune/gap_f500_fortune_041706/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/07/magazines/fortune/gap_f500_fortune_041706/index.htm</guid><description>During an investor conference call last spring, Gap Inc. CEO Paul Pressler did a mea culpa, admitting he was disappointed by the retail firm's sagging sales. Pledging that a turnaround was in the works, he indicated that improvements in the company's clothing lines should appear by year's end.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Retail sales fired up in December</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/05/news/economy/december_sales/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/05/news/economy/december_sales/index.htm</guid><description>A late-stage dose of heavy discounting appeared to be exactly what the doctor ordered to rev up crucial December sales, as apparel sellers, high-end merchants and even one long-time laggard in the home furnishing arena posted surprisingly strong numbers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>No big game for bargain hunters</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/19/news/economy/holiday_promotions/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/19/news/economy/holiday_promotions/index.htm</guid><description>Bad news for holiday bargain hunters: Since so many of you were out there shopping the last full weekend before Christmas, retailers weren't offering deep-discount "panic sales."</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Black Friday winners &amp;amp; losers</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/28/news/economy/holiday_winners_losers/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/28/news/economy/holiday_winners_losers/index.htm</guid><description>Wal-Mart and Abercrombie &amp;amp; Fitch were among the winners of Black Friday while Gap suffered on one of the biggest holiday shopping days of the year, according to a research report issued Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Playboy wants sexy Gap sales girls</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/12/news/newsmakers/gap_playboy/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/12/news/newsmakers/gap_playboy/index.htm</guid><description>Playboy.com is looking for the Gap's sexiest sweater sweeties to pose for its upcoming "Girls of the Gap" online, to be launched in time for the holiday shopping season.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will Japan knock off the Gap?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/23/news/international/international_retailers/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/23/news/international/international_retailers/index.htm</guid><description>"We don't intend to stop until we become the world's No. 1 casual apparel company."</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Filling the Gap</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/07/01/8265501/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/07/01/8265501/index.htm</guid><description>ONE OF AMERICA'S leading retailers thinks it's found the path to success—and it starts with separate entrances for men and women. After almost 12 straight months of declining same-store sales, Gap ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap beats estimates</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/19/news/fortune500/gap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/19/news/fortune500/gap/index.htm</guid><description>Clothing retailer Gap Inc. reported lower earnings and sales Thursday but shares rose after hours when the numbers came out slightly ahead of analysts' estimates and the company raised its full year forecast.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 20:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>MICKEY DREXLER'S SECOND COMING</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/05/02/8258498/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/05/02/8258498/index.htm</guid><description>WHEN A FORTUNE 500 CEO IS OUSTED, he usually pockets a massive severance check and retreats to golfing, "consulting," and shopping for a third wife. Mickey Drexler did the opposite. When Gap Inc. b...</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap's fashion dilemma</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/23/news/fortune500/Gap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/23/news/fortune500/Gap/index.htm</guid><description>In the retail world, Gap's CEO Paul Pressler has been a star. But lately, he's not shining too brightly.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2005 16:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Price cuts get deeper</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/21/news/fortune500/holiday_deeperdiscounts/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/21/news/fortune500/holiday_deeperdiscounts/index.htm</guid><description>Bad news for retailers: Shoppers seems to be winning the game of chicken this holiday season.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gift card giving</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/17/pf/gift_cards/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/17/pf/gift_cards/index.htm</guid><description>One hot holiday gift this year is that easy-to-buy "Get it Yourself" present: the gift card.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How do you ad(dress) the Gap?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/13/news/fortune500/gap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/13/news/fortune500/gap/index.htm</guid><description>Oops, it happened again.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks to watch Friday</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/19/markets/afterbell/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/19/markets/afterbell/index.htm</guid><description>Investors will look to earnings reports from retailers Gap and Nordstrom as well as a handful of technology companies to move the market Friday morning.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What's ailing the Gap?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/05/news/fortune500/gap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/05/news/fortune500/gap/index.htm</guid><description>Investors checked out of retailer Gap Inc. Thursday after it delivered a disappointing sales report card for July with failing grades in its three core divisions: Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2004 14:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Retailers miss high grades in July</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/05/news/economy/retail_sales/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/05/news/economy/retail_sales/index.htm</guid><description>Back-to-school shopping was the predominant theme in July and helped provide some relief to retailers  after a disappointing performance in the previous month but failed to fuel the big results.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2004 11:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Buy What You Know? Gap Inc.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/24/markets/whattobuy_gap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/24/markets/whattobuy_gap/index.htm</guid><description>If it ain't broke, don't fix it  -- and perhaps no one knows that better than executives at the Gap.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap CEO talks of new concepts</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/15/news/fortune500/gap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/15/news/fortune500/gap/index.htm</guid><description>Gap Inc. CEO Paul Pressler hinted Tuesday that the apparel retailer has two new concepts in the works that would extend the retailer's offerings beyond its three iconic brands of Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sex and the Gap</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/26/news/fortune500/gap_parker/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/26/news/fortune500/gap_parker/index.htm</guid><description>Hollywood actress and HBO's "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker will headline the 35th anniversary campaign for apparel retailer Gap Inc., the company said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2004 13:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Latest thing in pants: Spy Shorts</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/22/technology/personaltech/spy_shorts/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/22/technology/personaltech/spy_shorts/index.htm</guid><description>Wild Planet Toys, a toymaker known for its adventure and surveillance products, said on Thursday it is teaming up with GapKids on a line of cargo shorts with spy tools.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2004 20:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks to watch Thursday</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/24/markets/afterbell/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/24/markets/afterbell/index.htm</guid><description>Embattled hospital chain Tenet Healthcare Corp. said it will pay $30.75 million to settle charges it improperly paid physicians for referrals and billed Medicare in discharging patients, boosting its shares in after-hours trade.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Gap in trouble again?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/27/news/companies/gap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/27/news/companies/gap/index.htm</guid><description>Gap Inc.'s glaring December sales miss has many on Wall Street asking one question: What's the retailer doing differently this spring to allay fears that its year-long turnaround is starting to sputter?</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap Back in Fashion</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/11/01/351914/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/11/01/351914/index.htm</guid><description>What a difference a year makes: After a rotten 2002, Gap Inc. has had four consecutive quarters of growth, with 2003 summer sales tripling to $209 million. Gap's leading position among U.S. clothin...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Gap Has A Brand-New Bag</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/27/351650/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/27/351650/index.htm</guid><description>Watch out, fashionistas: You may soon be working at the Gap. </description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Changing Of The Guard New Gap CEO Paul Pressler is whipping the flabby retail giant back into fighting shape. The early signs ar</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/04/01/339721/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/04/01/339721/index.htm</guid><description>GAP INC. (GPS) CEO: Paul Pressler Tenure: Six months Price: $14.76 52-week range: $8 to $14.76 Profits: $447 million Est. '03 P/E: 20 Revenue: $14 billion Market cap: $13 billion </description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Gap</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/06/10/324532/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/06/10/324532/index.htm</guid><description>After two years of fashion faux pas (glittery T-shirts, anyone?), longtime chief Mickey Drexler himself fell into the gap. Drexler, 57, says he'll retire once a replacement is found. Stores have po...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2002 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mind The Gap</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/10/09/289279/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/10/09/289279/index.htm</guid><description>Barely one in 5,000 Africans has access to the Internet, often through services such as the one advertised at left, in Kampala, Uganda. But a project is under way to encircle the continent with 32,...</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Urban Wear Goes Suburban As more and more white kids             want to dress like black kids, "urban" fashion is             s</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/12/21/252691/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/12/21/252691/index.htm</guid><description>One of the dullest stops on a fashion editor's calendar is a men's wear trade show known as MAGIC, the Men's Apparel Guild in California. Somehow, balding men hawking pleated khakis and argyle sock...</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 1998 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>As Seen in the Starr Report! LURID DETAILS, PART II</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/10/12/249299/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/10/12/249299/index.htm</guid><description>From Ford Broncos to Coke cans, the history of American scandal is the history of product placement. Even Watergate, the mother of all scandals, was essentially a years-long plug for a Washington l...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 1998 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap Gets It Mickey Drexler is turning his apparel             chain into a global brand. He wants buying a Gap T-shirt to       </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/08/03/246286/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/08/03/246286/index.htm</guid><description>Of four professors who taught Mickey Drexler in his senior year at college, not one remembers him, not faintly. "The name doesn't mean a thing to me," says one professor of marketing. Classmates ar...</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 1998 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>RIDE THE ECHO BOOM TO STOCK PROFITS TODAY, 76.5 MILLION AMERICANS ARE UNDER 20. FOR INVESTORS IN THESE 10 STOCKS, THAT COULD MEA</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/07/01/228507/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/07/01/228507/index.htm</guid><description>Meet two powerful consumers coveted by some of the country's biggest companies: Willie Hershey, 8, pictured at left, and Elizabeth Severson, 17, photographed on page 100. </description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 1997 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>THESE SQUEAKY-CLEAN STOCKS CAN FLOAT YOU TO 21% PROFITS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/03/01/223002/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/03/01/223002/index.htm</guid><description>Not all companies distort earnings. Many outfits with smaller followings than the 30 Dow Jones blue chips have avoided big special charges that inflate their earnings. Here are six stocks that anal...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 1997 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>SEVEN WAYS TO COME UP WITH $1,000 TO INVEST</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/08/01/215494/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/08/01/215494/index.htm</guid><description>When it comes to money, everyone has problems with commitment. You work hard to earn the stuff, but you're not interested in a long-term relationship. So you never have any money saved when you nee...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 1996 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>SECOND LOOK</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/05/01/212101/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/05/01/212101/index.htm</guid><description>Back in January, this column recommended three retail stocks: Liz Claiborne ($34.25), The Gap ($55.25) and Sears Roebuck ($48.75). Now all have nearly met or surpassed the target prices they were s...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 1996 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>GREAT DATES FOR LESS THAN $1OO</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/05/01/212093/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/05/01/212093/index.htm</guid><description>You probably never realized how pampered college life was until you got out and tried to date on a real-life paycheck. Dinner and a movie? You can break $100 without breaking a sweat. And at $100 t...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 1996 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WILL OLD NAVY FILL THE GAP?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/03/18/210628/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/03/18/210628/index.htm</guid><description>AND JUST EXACTLY HOW did "Old Navy" get picked as the name for the clothing-store juggernaut that is even now rumbling noisily across the blasted landscape of retailing, reverberating in our weary ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 1996 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE SALE OF THE YEAR: GREAT RETAIL STOCKS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/01/01/207694/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/01/01/207694/index.htm</guid><description>THIS MONTH: Why some investors are moving in on home-security firms Dividend stocks take the lead A familiar consumer giant is busting out with profit potential </description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1996 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>CHEAP STOCKS: ARE THEY TRASH OR ARE THEY TREASURE? A             PORTFOLIO OF STOCKS SELLING FOR THE LOWEST PRICE/EARNINGS      </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/10/16/206857/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/10/16/206857/index.htm</guid><description>EVERY SO OFTEN you've got to say the heck with all those brokerage reports, newsletters, and other materials that entire forests died for. Let's face it, there are only three sure ways to beat the ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 1995 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FUND OF THE MONTH : USAA MUTUAL-GROWTH GAINS FROM             GROUNDED STOCKS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/03/01/201977/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/03/01/201977/index.htm</guid><description>GAINS FROM GROUNDED STOCKS </description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 1995 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THESE FIVE THOROUGHBRED STOCKS FIGURE TO WIN DESPITE A MUDDY TRACK</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/03/01/88697/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/03/01/88697/index.htm</guid><description>As the Dow Jones industrial average roared to one overvalued record after another in January, investors had much to celebrate. But the Dow's sharp drop in early February reminded them that they had...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 1994 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>HAUTE DISCOUNT</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/09/20/78363/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/09/20/78363/index.htm</guid><description>Outlet stores, where hard-to-move merchandise gets another chance, used to be employed mostly by manufacturers to peddle the excess they couldn't persuade department stores to stock. Increasingly, ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 1993 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE 12 BEST INVESTMENTS IN THE WORLD TODAY DESPITE THE SLUGGISH WORLD ECONOMY, YOU CAN STILL FIND FIRST-RATE STOCKS AND MUTUAL F</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/04/01/87947/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/04/01/87947/index.htm</guid><description>A funny thing happened on our way to finding the world's best investments: Most of them turned out to be right in our backyard. In fact, two-thirds of our 12 picks are U.S. issues. ''That's not sur...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 1993 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BEATING THE STREET AN EXCLUSIVE BOOK EXCERPT It's much easier than you think, exhorts the Magellan Fund maestro. Step one: Check</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/03/01/87836/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/03/01/87836/index.htm</guid><description>Although he was the legendary manager of the world-beating Fidelity Magellan Fund, Peter Lynch has long espoused the heartening and heretical view that individual investors could actually do better...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 1993 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>PORTFOLIO TALK LOOKING FOR VALUE WHEN BAD NEWS CLOBBERS STOCKS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/19/77004/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/19/77004/index.htm</guid><description>Since he founded Nicholas Co. in 1967, Albert Nicholas of Milwaukee has managed to ride the bulls without getting chewed up by the bears. His hallmark fund, the no-load, $2.4 billion Nicholas Fund,...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 1992 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BOARD THESE STOCKS AT THE BOTTOM AND SOAR 14% TO 65%</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/10/01/87577/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/10/01/87577/index.htm</guid><description>With the 30 Dow Jones industrials up a seemingly unsustainable 38% in less than two years, many seasoned investors won't touch stocks now. They figure that anything they buy will decline sharply wh...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 1992 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE MONEY RANKINGS GROWTH STOCKS TUMBLE BUT BONDS RUMBLE IN THE FIRST HALF </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/08/01/87454/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/08/01/87454/index.htm</guid><description>For many mutual fund investors, the first half of 1992 was one big reality check. After gaining more than 31% last year, the average domestic-stock fund plopped back to earth, losing 2.7% in the si...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 1992 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE GAP READING THE CUSTOMER RIGHT</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/02/75818/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/02/75818/index.htm</guid><description>WE'RE at Galeries Lafayette, a chic new Parisian clothing store in midtown Manhattan. A stylish woman in her 30s is speaking rapid French to a friend in front of a display of denim jeans. Spotting ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 1991 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>FORTUNE Magazine contents page DECEMBER 2, 1991 VOL. 124, NO. 13 </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/02/75845/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/02/75845/index.htm</guid><description>MANAGING/COVER STORIES 56 CLOSING THE INNOVATION GAP America isn't creating new products fast enough for global competition. Smart executives know that developing mold-breaking ideas isn't magic --...</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 1991 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE NEW CHAMPS OF RETAILING In this battered business, the gap between the successful and the merely surviving is widening every</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/09/24/74044/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/09/24/74044/index.htm</guid><description>THE WRECKAGE in retailing has piled up so high that you need to check every week to see who's in and who's out of business. Once-proud names -- B. Altman, Bonwit Teller, Garfinckel's -- have closed...</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 1990 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>HOW THE GAP KEEPS AHEAD OF THE PACK Retailing is rocky these days, but this San Francisco superstar has bucked the trend by sell</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/02/12/73056/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/02/12/73056/index.htm</guid><description>MILLARD DREXLER, president of the Gap, is seeing red -- literally. The holiday window display at the Gap store in the Stanford Shopping Center, about an hour south of downtown San Francisco, featur...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 1990 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>FOR THE BEST BUYS NOW, YOU SHOULD GO WITH THE CASH FLOW</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/04/01/84426/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/04/01/84426/index.htm</guid><description>With some analysts growling that the recent run-up in stock prices was just a sucker's rally, MONEY asked Kenneth Hackel of Systematic Financial Management in Fort Lee, N.J. to identify companies w...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 1988 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE RETAILERS THE SUPERMEN OF SPECIALTY STORES</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/10/12/69653/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/10/12/69653/index.htm</guid><description>The Woolworths and the Hartfords built their wealth discovering the idea. Leslie Wexner of the Limited and Sam Walton of Wal-Mart Stores amassed their money perfecting it. Now Donald Fisher, 59, th...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 1987 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WHAT 25-YEAR-OLDS WANT Here come the baby-busters, and they are nothing at all like the workaholic yuppies who preceded them. Th</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/27/73951/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/27/73951/index.htm</guid><description>ANGELA AZZARETTI, 25, the daughter of Italian immigrants, was graduated from the University of Illinois and took a job at Caterpillar's headquarters in Peoria during the summer of 1987. Angela's wa...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 05:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>