Gap Inc. began its journey 1969 as a small retail store in San Francisco‚ California where it concentrated its sales on Levi’s jeans. In its early stages as a small retail business it was known as The Gap. By the end of the 1970’s‚ Donald and Doris Fisher‚ owners of The Gap‚ had expanded The Gap to six stores. The company went public in 1976. By the early 1980’s‚ The Gap had over five hundred stores; largely targeting a teenage customer base. In 1983 the Fishers hired Mickey Drexler as Gap
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Gap‚ Inc. Portfolio Analysis [pic] Company Overview: Gap‚ Inc. is a leading American specialty apparel retailer based in San Francisco‚ California. It sells casual apparels‚ accessories‚ and other personal care products for men‚ women‚ and children. The products of Gap‚ Inc. include denim‚ khakis‚ T-shirts‚ boxers‚ casual wear‚ and others. It is traded in New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GPS. Currently‚ the company boasts approximately 150‚000 employees and 3‚139 stores all around
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STRENGTH 1. Gap Inc. opened its first stores in Serbia and Ukraine because Ukraine is the fastest growing retail market in Eastern Europe‚ while Serbia has many young customer who enjoy shopping. 2. Expansion of GAP Inc. due to growth management by divisional president in various country. 3. The company provide a wide range of family clothing product include denim‚ khakis‚ t-shirt‚ shoes. 4. GAP has a well establish code ethics‚ translated in 65 different language which is the best communication
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Introduction Apple Inc. is a company that focuses on development and marketing of personal computers‚ media devices‚ design‚ and portable digital music players. Also‚ the company sells a variety of related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ networking solutions‚ and third-party digital content and applications. The company ’s portfolio of offerings comprises Mac computing systems‚ iPods line of portable digital music and video players‚ iPhone handsets and iPad portable multimedia and computing devices
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| | | | Global Business Plan: GAP‚ Inc going to France 2012 3/25/2012 Introduction: Since the 16th century‚ France has been the epicenter of high fashion. From elegant designs of the old royal court to the stylish threads made by contemporary French Fashion Designers like Christian Dior‚ Coco Chanel and Jean-Paul Gaulthier. I ’m very sure we would all agree that location is a key factor in the success of a business and France is known to many if not all as the fashion
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Gap Inc. was founded in 1969 by Donald and Doris Fisher in San Francisco‚ California‚ with a single store and a handful of employees. Today‚ they’re one of the world’s largest specialty retailers with three of the most recognized and respected brands in the apparel industry - Gap‚ Banana Republic and Old Navy. Gap Inc. has more than 153‚000 employees supporting over 4‚200 stores in more than 3‚100 locations in the United States‚ United Kingdom‚ Canada‚ France‚ Japan and Germany. Their 2004 Sales
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The Existence of Audit Expectation Gap: Bangladesh Perspective - Perceptions of Naïve Investors‚ Students and Professionals Regarding the Audit and Role of Knowledge Affecting the Gap. Abstract: The study investigates the existence of audit expectation gap in relation to society’s unreasonable expectations out of auditing in Bangladesh. This also identified the effects of auditing knowledge on the gap. Among all the classes of our society the accounting graduates are expected to have more
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External Assesment 1. Social Forces: 1.1 Consumer Behavior: Have high regard over firms with manufacturing capabilities Prefer convenience within deals as associated with Supply Chain Management & Logistics capabilities of firms Are subjugated with price competition (but this does not imply quality is dominated by price; it is merely a fact that firms within bids would be ready to undercut the price competition by lowering their price at a considerable level) Buying process within larger
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The need for an external audit in the case of companies arises primarily from the existence of split-up of ownership from control. When control is shared an audit report will be needed in order to ensure that all the partners or be it shareholders are on the same page as the managers (the ones who will be controlling the company) and know what has been happening in the company‚ what is happening at present and what can be expected to happen in the future in order to increase returns in the company
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Case Study: GAP Inc. Viewpoint: Robert Fisher Time context: 1st Qtr of 2007 I. Problem Statement How could Gap Inc. win the Yuppies market in Metro Manila‚ Metro Cebu and Metro Davao? II. Objective To win the yuppies market In Metro manila‚ Metro Cebu‚ Metro Davao in 1 year time. III. Areas of consideration Strength: a. Has a multi-brand category with existing market. (Gap‚ Banana Republic‚ Old Navy) b. Entered into international markets and become the second largest
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