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Businesses Urge Congress to Act after Copenhagen

James Boyce | Posted 12.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Congress, National Grid, The Gap, American Business for Clean Energy, Copenhagen 2009, James Boyce, Acbe, Green News
James Boyce

A group of 750 (and counting) businesses have come together. Their purpose is simple and direct -- to demand comprehensive action be taken by Congress to enact a Clean Energy Act.

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Breaking The Rules With The Gap

John Leo | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, The Gap, Breaking the Rules, Gap Ad, Media News
John Leo

Are we all looking around for rules to break for the holidays? Focus groups and psychological research in advertising shows that we probably are -- the Gap ad is only the latest example in a long held tradition.

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Jason Linkins

American Family Association's "War On Christmas" Gap Boycott Is A Fatwa Fail

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, The Gap, Boycotts, American Family Association, War on Christmas, Media News

Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier every year, and with it comes the idiotic fringe-media meme that's come to be known as the "War On Christ...

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Teens Need Kitchen Counter-Culture

Sarah Newman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Gap, The Gap, Transvestites, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Apples, Van Gogh, Punks, Emos, Michael Pollan, Freakanomics, Takepart, New York Times, Sustainability, Washington Post, Ll Bean, Heirloom, Diversity, Pucci, Green News
Sarah Newman

It's ironic that teens today are correctly pushing the social agenda in their schools to allow a diversity of identities to be expressed but are consuming foods that have little nutritional value and are uniform.

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Conscious Companies: 7 Business Initiatives For Good

Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: The Gap, Slidepoll, Oprah Winfrey, Ronald Mcdonald's House Charities, David Arquette, The Global Fund, McDonald's, Starbucks, Feeding America, Target, Bono, Impact News

John D. Rockefeller Jr. said to "think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege." Several major international corporations are trying to follow that...

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Donald Fisher Dead: Gap Co-Founder, 81, Dies

AP | SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 11.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Gap Inc., Cancer, Fisher Dies, Retail, Gap, Donald Fisher, Philanthropy, Gap Founder Dies, Fisher Dead, Donald Fisher Dies, Gap Founder, California, Jeans, Clothing, Old Navy, The Gap, Don Fisher Dead, 1969, Gavin Newsom, Style, San Fran, San Francisco, Kipp, Newsom, Gap Founder Dead, Don Fisher, Banana Republic, Piperlime, Athleta, Style News

PORTLAND, Ore. — Donald G. Fisher, who co-founded apparel giant Gap Inc., has died at age 81 after a long battle with cancer. The company said ...

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Who Knew? Fall '09 Winner Is the Gap

Michael Cohen | Posted 11.23.2009 | Style

Read More: Barney's, The Gap, Donny Deutsch, Banana Republic, Bravo TV, President Obama, Starbuck's, Designer Jeans, Madison Avenue, Adidas, Prada, Helmut Lang, Miami Social, Style News
Michael Cohen

I slipped on the Gap's Easy Fit jeans. I looked like a straight guy who might be heading to Applebee's for dinner. Not so much. It got worse with the Standard Jean. I looked like President Obama.

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Consumer Spends When Value Exceeds Price

Grant Cardone | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Cartier, Small Business, Retail Sales, Apple Iphone, Tiffany's, The Gap, Automobile Sales, Spending, Selling, Cash for Clunkers, True Religion Brand, Grant Cardone, Consumer Spending, Wal-Mart, Business News
Grant Cardone

While the consumer is motivated to save money the desire to spend money runs deep in our culture.

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Why Conservatives Might Boycott the Gap thanks to Perez Hilton

Stephanie Green | Posted 09.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Boycott, The Gap, Perez Hilton, Perez Hilton Assaulted, Miss California Perez Hilton, Carrie Prejean Perez Hilton, Perez Hilton will.i.am, Style News
Stephanie Green

Conservative Groups, who object to Mr. Hilton's lewd language and treatment of Carrie Prejean, are aghast and threatening to boycott in the midst of the back to school shopping season.

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The Top Ten Ways To Get Your Thrift On (Part I)

Alexandra Sinderbrand | Posted 08.29.2009 | Style

Read More: Thrift Stores, Goodwill-Industries, Eco Fashion, Salvation Army, Vintage Shopping, H&M, Intermix, Theory, The Gap, Laundry, Bebe, Bcbg, James Jeans, Zara, Tahari, Ya-Ya, Style News
Alexandra Sinderbrand

Here's the thing about thrift a la Goodwill or the Salvation Army: There are brandtastic gems to be had, but extracting the good from the bad, ugly and uglier is no easy task.

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Gap Casting Call : Finalists Chosen

MarketWatch | Posted 01.08.2009 | Home

Read More: The Gap, Gap Kids Casting Call, Gap Casting Call, Casting for Gap, Gap Casting Call Finalists, Home News

Out of Nearly 900,000 Contestants, Audrey Sussman, 2, Ellen Carron, 3 1/2 and Jaci Rae Stephens, 3 1/2, Selected as Finalists; America Votes on who wi...

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Little Boy Blue

Jamie Reidy | Posted 12.08.2008 | Style

Read More: Macy's, The Gap, Blue Jeans, Jeans, Clothing, Fashion, Skinny Jeans, Style News
Jamie Reidy

See, I'm a JT -- Jeans Traditionalist. I like 'em faded and comfy. Life used to be so easy: Gap or Levi. What investments! Those jeans outlasted senatorial terms.

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Can Patrick Robinson Save The Gap?

New York Times | Eric Wilson | Posted 09.21.2008 | Style

Read More: Patrick Robinson, The Gap, Fashion, Style News

Fashion magazines have heralded the recent arrival of Mr. Robinson at Gap in reverential tones (he is actually called a "megabrand messiah" in the Sep...

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Stop Calling Scarlett Johansson Fat

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Skinny, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Fat, Hollywood, Axe Body Spray, Volutuous, Curvy, Thin, The Gap, Starlets, Body Image, Chubby, Justin Timberlake, Size 2, Size 10, Style, Media News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Scarlett, I'm sure you are healthy in a WebMD sense but certainly not in the way that reporters mean it. You partly earn that curvy label by your impressive chest. But I feel compelled to inform you that you are not a "regular girl."

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Whitney Biennial Jumps the Shark

Carolyn Castiglia | Posted 06.07.2008 | Business

Read More: The Gap, Art, Satire, Sweatshop Labor, Design, Designers, Artists, Whitney Biennial, Fashion, Modern, Business News
Carolyn Castiglia

If working class people can get t-shirts with prints created by artists, why should we complain that we don't have health care? Got an open wound? Take that Jeff Koons t-shirt, shred it up and use it as a tourniquet.

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Old Navy Needs Fashion Infusion

Portfolio | Liz Gunnison | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Old Navy Stores, Old Navy, The Gap, Gap, Performance Fleece, Old Navy Fashions, Old Navy Clothes, Business News

Old Navy, once the powerhouse in the Gap's stable of stores, has struggled mightily in recent years. On Thursday, the Gap said sales at Old Navy store...

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Big Hurt In Store For Retail

New York Post | James Covert | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Macy's, The Gap, Profit Reports, Fourth Quarter Earnings, 2008 Forecast, Worst Holiday Season, Lowe's, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Business News

After the worst holiday season in five years, Wall Street is bracing for a slew of ugly profit reports from retailers and downbeat forecasts for 2008....

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