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Gay Ads: Does Progress Mean Profit?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: President Obama Gay Marriage, Lesbian, President Obama, J.C. Penney, Obama Gay Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Obama, Gap, Barack Obama, Gay Advertising, Same-Sex Marriage, One Million Moms, The Gap, Same Sex Marriage, Gay Marriage, Business News

Same-sex sells. At least the companies behind a wave of gay-themed advertising hope so. Chains such as J.C. Penney and Gap are cultivating an incl...

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Gap Shows Paul Ryan The Door

Jamie McGonnigal | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Gap Inc., Gap, Gap Inc, Paul Ryan, Gap Inc. Paul Ryan, Gap Paul Ryan, Gap Inc Paul Ryan, Gay Voices News

Last week an interesting item showed up on Queerty. It seemed that Gap, Inc., a longtime friend to the LGBT community, was hosting a fundraising breakfast for anti-gay Congressman Paul Ryan.

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Surprising Share Of Young People Are Struggling To Afford Basic Needs

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Video, Young Adults, WSL Strategic Retail, Living at Home, Gap, Chicago Tribune, Student Loan Debt, Youth Unemployment, Student Loans, American Eagle, Business News

Can't afford basic needs? Odds are you’re a millennial, according to a new survey. One quarter of millennials, or the generation aged 18 to 34, a...

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10 Sparkly Tops Perfect For NYE

Sara Gartman | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Delias, Macy's, Dillards, New-Years-Eve-Fashion, Alloy, Topshop, New-Years-2012, Gap, Urban Outfitters, Sequin Tops, New Years Style, Forever 21, Modcloth, Sparkly Tops, High School News

For fashionistas who favor sparkles and sequins, New Year's Eve is your time to shine. Ditch the dresses and get dolled up in a some stylish separates...

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Why People Hate Gap.com

The Huffington Post | Jessica Misener | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Video, Ecommerce, Gap, Online Shopping, Netflix, Worst Customer Service, gap.com, Customer Service, Amazon, Style News

Do you hate tracking down customer service info for your shopping orders online? Doesn't... everyone? It turns out some e-commerce sites are worse ...

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Read More: Steve Jobs, Nike, Target, Gap, Michel Gondry, Smirnoff, Prada, Nissan, Andy Warhol, Commercials, Ikea, Apple, Ps2, Commercial, Best Commercials, David Lynch, Coca Cola, Play Station 2, Sony, Spike Jonze, Arts News

There are the starving artists, burning unacknowledged works to keep warm in the wintertime, and then there are these artists. In the slideshow below,...

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The Faithful Shopper: Fall into Fitness

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Clothing, Halloween, Women's Tennis, Skating, Rock-Climbing Shoes, Camping Equipment, Paragon, Rei, Lexington Avenue, Bowling Balls, Fitness and Exercise, Sports Authority, Resistance Equipment, Faith Hope Consolo, Yoga, October, Kayaks, Metro Bicycles, Surfing, The North Face, Lafayette Street, Broadway, Stretch Trianing, Avenue of the Americas, Snowboarding, The Shops at Columbus Circle, New York, Sports, Wooster Street, New York City Marathon, ING New York City Marathon, Eastern Mountain Sports, Outdoorsman, The Running Company, Basketball Hoops, Super Runners Shop, Venus Williams, Sid's Bikes. JackRabbit, October Surprise, Patagonia, Gap, Serena Williams, Tennis, Elliptical Machines, Treadmills, Mason's Tennis Mart, Hockey Sticks, Vibration Training, Modell's, Fitness, Uggs, Hikers, The Running Gallery, Nike, Athleta, Columbus Avenue, Westchester, Physical Fitness, Pilates, Cycling, New York City, Skiing, New York Road Runners Club, Golfsmith, Camping, Upper West Side, Ice Skates, Gymsource, New York News

For fashionistas, October means that we only have a few more weeks to get into shape for those holiday parties! New York has any number of shops to equip you properly for your sport of choice.

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Babies Need Never Be Abandoned

Diane Dimond | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Pinkberry Yogurt, Babies Need Never Be Abandoned, Target, Hendersonville North Carolina, Diane Dimond, Old Navy, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Safe Haven Locations for Newborns, McDonald's, Stacy Sussman, Gap, J. C. Penney, Safe Haven Laws, Sears, Impact News

Babies continue to be abandoned & die -- needlessly. There are Safe Haven locations in all 50 states! We need to educate teen moms about them. This is a challenge to corporations to help. And to you.

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WATCH: The Most Eighties-tastic Commercials Ever

Huffington Post | Emily Singer | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: 80s Clothing Commercials, Video, Commercial, Jordache, Lee Jeans, Levi's, L'eggs, Wranglers, Gap, Calvin Klein Jeans, Womens Fashion, Calvin Klein, Hanes, Clothing Commercials, Style News

Ever since reading the news about Jordache's new throwback TV commercials, which chronicle Jordache denim looks from the Farrah Fawcett-inspired Seven...

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Gap's 'Anorexic' Mannequins Are An International Thing (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Gap Skinny Mannequins, Poll, Gap Death Camp Mannequins, Body Image, Gap Anorexic Mannequins, Gap, Gap Mannequins, Video, Style News

The style interwebs seemed pretty stressed out on Thursday over a photograph of Gap's "Death Camp Chic" mannequins spotted at the chain's London outpo...

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It All Adds Up

Jim Gibbons | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Donate Movement, CLASSY Awards, Goodwill Industries, Gap, Dresscue Me, Guidestar, Goodwill, Goodwill Industries International, Planet Green, Levi's, Family Circle Magazine, Stay Classy, Stay-Classy, Jim Gibbons, Hanes, Impact News

Two billion pounds of used goods that aren't clogging up landfills have helped put 2.4 million people on the path toward self-sufficiency. That's what the Donate Movement is all about.

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Follow-up: What the Gap Needs Now... Will You Give Them Some Love Sweet Love?

Abe Gurko | Posted 10.02.2011

Cool ad spots and viral marketing are a given. But there are several ways to skin a cat, and hopefully the Gap will be firing on all cylinders.

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WATCH: Will This Save The Gap?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Style News, Video, Gap, Gap Commercial, Fashion, Poll, New Gap Ads, Style News

Gap is known for its celeb-studded TV spots, which have featured the likes of Juliette Lewis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Joss Stone, Will Farrell, Selma Bl...

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Discounts, Warm Weather Help Drive People TO Shop

Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Retailers, Walmart, Consumer Confidence, Discounts, Retail Sales, Saks Inc, Target Corp, Gap, Costco Wholesale Corp, Standard & Poor's Retail Index, Retail Metrics Inc, Ross Stores Inc, Trutina Financial, Back-to-School, BJ's Wholesale Club Inc, Business News

(Dhanya Skariachan) - Retailers are poised to report higher sales for July, a discount-driven month that may do little to lift their margins. J...

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What Do Gap, Tacos And Twitter Have In Common?

AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Gap Tacos, Gap Store, Gap Jeans, Gap Denim, Pico De Gap, Gap, Gap Twitter, Gap Campaign, Culture News

NEW YORK — The "1969: L.A. and Beyond" series of short videos has all the elements of a reality TV show. It has action. It has fashion. And the ...

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PHOTOS: Inside The Gap Guru's Brooklyn Apartment

Jane Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Design, Jane Herman, Gap, Style News

And the Gap's Director of Concept, Jane Herman, really knows how it's done...even if she doesn't have to try too hard. Formerly a staff writer at Vogu...

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More Businesses, Consumers Work To Stem Human Trafficking

Mickey Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Old Navy, Gap, Nike, Levi's, Ecpat-USA, Abercrombie & Fitch, Banana Republic, Human Trafficking, U.S. State Department, Best Buy, Slave Labor, Advocacy, Activism, Veterans, Impact News

Companies are not powerless bystanders. Businesses play a crucial role in ensuring slave labor doesn't infect the products we buy. But it can be an uphill battle.

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Cuomo's Missed Opportunity

Vegas Tenold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Deficit, Albany, Andrew Cuomo, New York State, Budget, Gap, New York, New York News

Cuomo's "state management presentation," as he called it, should make him some friends among the Republicans in the State Senate, but falls well short of addressing the real problems of Albany budgeting.

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Ballet Is Dying? | State Of The Arts

Ashley Bouder | Posted 05.25.2011

Ballet is dying? Really? With the release of Jennifer Homan's new book Apollo's Angels, it seems this question is a popular topic of discussion. While...

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Retail Sales Rise For The Sixth Month In A Row

The Huffington Post | Abby Wendle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Neiman Marcus, Gap, Retail Sales, Unemployment Rate, Moody's Analytics, IHS Global Insight, Ben Bernanke, Senate Budget Committee, Sears, Business News

Despite Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's expectations of only moderate economic growth this year, Americans are less worried about losing their...

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Groupon-Gap Deal: What Was The True Cost?

Robert Ball | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rice University, Small Business, Groupon, Advertising, Marketing, Coupons, Gap, Group-Buying, Small Business America, Officearrow, Groupon Gap, Business News

What is the "cost" of a group buying deal like Groupon? How does it compare to other marketing costs such as TV, radio, print ads, promotions or giveaways?

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Banks Still Don't Get Mobile, But Neither Do Researchers...

Brett King | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Payments, Organization Chart, Social, Gap, Mobile, Banking, Millennials, Y-Gen, Engagement Banking, Generational, Celent, Business News

I read with interest a post pointed out to me by @JenRBoyd posted on Mobile Commerce Daily highlighting a recent Celent report comparing US and EU inv...

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Changing Charity to a Charity That Changes You

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TOMS Shoes, Homeless Shelters, Habitat for Humanity, Indiegogo, Charity: Water, Acumen Fund, Gap, Jumo, Real Food Daily, Shelter, Red, Jacqueline Novogratz, (RED), Be the Change, Patient Capital, 20/20, Impact News

I'm trying to approach this whole charity thing differently -- simply by not thinking of it as charity.

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PHOTOS: RADIO: Daft Punk's TRON Soundtrack, Russell Brand's New Book, And Colin Firth DJs On Air

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Traffic, Holidays, Art, Chapel Club, Seance, Santa Monica, Katy Perry, Russell Brand, Radio, Slidepollajax, Gap, Tron, Kcrw, Colin Firth, Daft Punk, Arts News

Catch a preview of Daft Punk's TRON: Legacy soundtrack, Russell Brand on My Booky Wook 2, Colin Firth steps in as a guest DJ, a discussion of logos go...

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Six Pairs of Gloves and Mittens Perfect for Texting

Style Section L.A. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gloves, Style Section L.A., Style, Kate Spade, Club Monaco, Juicy Couture, Gap, Mittens, La Shopping, Fashion, Los Angeles, Texting, Los Angeles News

As temperatures begin to fall, it's time to bust out your favorite cold weather accoutrement.

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