Gap Inc.
Gap retails apparel, accessories, and personal-care products under the Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Athleta brands. Old Navy generates more than half of Gap's sales. The firm also operates e-commerce sites, outlet stores, and specialty stores under various Gap names. Gap operates approximately 2,500 stores in North America, Europe, and Asia and franchises about 1,000 more in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and other regions. Gap was founded in 1969 and is based in San Francisco.www.gapinc.com
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Sep 11, 2026
Roman MarsHOST
Yeah.
Avery TrufelmanGUEST
And that was part of the reason that they were acquired by The Gap in 1983, and that's how you start getting stores popping up all over the world, keeping the ethos of the original store, but they were mass producing new versions of surplus, including the field jacket.
Avery TrufelmanGUEST
Like, The Gap is making versions of field jackets with Banana Republic.
Roman MarsHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Roman MarsHOST
So the evolution of this goes into eventually, like, you get a Banana Republic that has sort of no association with army surplus whatsoever.
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[cheering] [applauding]
Brandice JamesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Gucci, Gap-
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Brandice JamesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Glasshouse, H&M, Niykee Wines, L'Oréal, LB&H-
Josh BrownHOST
So this looks pretty similar to this latest chart.
Josh BrownHOST
So in here, it's a composite of Ross stores, Bath & Body Works, Starbucks, Costco, Target, AutoZone, Dine Brands, Brinker, Williams Sonoma, Walmart, Macy's, Gap, Home Depot, Abercrombie, and Kohl's.
Josh BrownHOST
And same-store sales, all right, it's up 5.1% year over year.
Josh BrownHOST
So where I'm going with this is chart 13, please.
Joe Saul-SehyHOST
This is where this came from.
Joe Saul-SehyHOST
It was about the Gap.
Joe Saul-SehyHOST
You guys remember this, this company, the Gap? And the Gap went through this valley of death where it got to this point a couple years ago where it wasn't an outcast brand.
Joe Saul-SehyHOST
I loved what one media outlet said.
Joe Saul-SehyHOST
They weren't an outcast brand.
Joe Saul-SehyHOST
It was just that nobody cared anymore.
Joe Saul-SehyHOST
It, it wasn't negative, it wasn't positive, just nobody cared.
Joe Saul-SehyHOST
This piece in Fast Company was how Gap got brand-new leadership.
Justin MasonHOST
Yeah.
Paul SporerHOST
Working at the Gap, had the day off.
Paul SporerHOST
I remember waking up, tiny ass TV in my room, turning it on and just gobsmacked at what was going on.
Paul SporerHOST
My buddy and I went to a coffee shop and we were literally there 10 hours just talking about it all day.
Karen LelandGUEST
And people stop.
Karen LelandGUEST
Another really good example of that, they're sort of recovering a bit now, is Gap.
Karen LelandGUEST
Gap was really on market for a long time and really on trend for a long time.
Karen LelandGUEST
And I've done some work, not recently, but in the past years with, you know, Banana Republic, the, you know, the bigger company, the parent company.
Karen LelandGUEST
And they stopped paying attention.
Christiana Mbakwe MedinaGUEST
Oh, yeah.
Christiana Mbakwe MedinaGUEST
And now we're seeing, like, for instance, the creative director at Gap is Zac Posen.
Christiana Mbakwe MedinaGUEST
And Zac Posen is like, okay, I'm going to put Cardi B in an old Navy ad, you know.
Christiana Mbakwe MedinaGUEST
And Cardi B is somebody that we'll see at a Schiaparelli show.
Christiana Mbakwe MedinaGUEST
Especially when those collabs work well.
Christiana Mbakwe MedinaGUEST
And, you know, we have very weird views about Kanye, but...
Christiana Mbakwe MedinaGUEST
What Kanye did was so pivotal with Yeezy Gap, right? Because there were people that were like, I can't afford Yeezy, but I can afford a Gap sweatshirt.
Christiana Mbakwe MedinaGUEST
I see.
David SegalGUEST
When you think about who retail attracts, it attracts all these social people.
David SegalGUEST
Well, what are their options? They can go work at The Gap and sell clothes, but you're all bubbly and excited and you're like, hey, welcome to The Gap.
David SegalGUEST
How can I help you? And what's the first thing we all say? Just looking.
David SegalGUEST
It's because we all know how to buy clothing, but at that time, nobody knows how to buy tea.
RachelHOST
Following the ego-clearing moment of the previous track, Sky Fits Heaven shifts the album's narrative completely into a personal spiritual journey and a celebration of destiny.
RachelHOST
The track borrows two lines from British poet Max Black and his poem What Fits, which he read for a Gap commercial campaign in 1992.
RachelHOST
Madonna was moved by the poetry and built the entire song around Max's words.
RachelHOST
Madonna contacted Max for permission and they reached a deal and in exchange Max Blagg would receive no credit.
Shawn NelsonGUEST
I mean, are you kidding me? Like, I get to hire...
Shawn NelsonGUEST
The top executives from companies like Walmart, from companies like Gap, our CMO comes from Crocs who blew that into the billions.
Shawn NelsonGUEST
They are all so much more talented and smarter than I am.
Shawn NelsonGUEST
Genuinely, I'm not saying that to be humble.
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