Strengths Large network of physical stores Gap‚ the company‚ has a large network of physical locations. At the beginning of February 2008‚ the company had 3‚167 stores‚ including 1‚249 in the US and 1‚918 in international locations such as Canada‚ the UK‚ France and Japan. Gap has also entered franchise agreements to operate Gap stores or Gap and Banana Republic stores in Singapore‚ Malaysia‚ United Arab Emirates‚ Kuwait‚ Qatar‚ Bahrain‚ Oman‚ Indonesia‚ and Korea. Comparatively‚ Gap’s competitor
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PEST Analysis for GAP Politics Globalization has been a current trend to every industry which also includes the apparel and fashion industry in which is due to the construction of import international facilities and establishment. It has been noted that when products are traded‚ regulations and policies are present. With these regulations and policies‚ company’s operations may be impaired. Some countries also control the entrance of foreign companies which would also affect the process of
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Gap Inc.: Has the Retailer Lost Its Style? Review of the Case Study ‘Gap Inc.: Has the Retailers Lost its Style?’ in the field of Management Consulting. Due to the lack of Internet in the first and partially in the second week‚ our analysis is primarily based on the case study itself. Hereby a structural overview of the presentation is given‚ allowing to follow the division of contents. The presentation is organized into six chapters. Chapter one gives an introduction to the general facts about
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Assignment for International Business Environment Group Project: Advising a multinational company on its international business development. Chosen Company: Gap Inc. Module Name International Business Environment I Word count: 4379 Submission Date: 09/11/2009 Contents Abbreviationsv Introduction1 1. Impacts of Globalisation on Clothing Industry1 2. Environmental Analysis of GAP’s Expansion: China vs. Brazil3 Market Environment3 Market Size & Market Potential3 Clothing
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Gap Inc. in 2010: Is the Turnaround Strategy Working? In the 1990’s‚ Gap Inc. was really harmonized to American pop culture and tastes. The brand was really popular at that time. Everybody was using it. It was also very affordable and stylish. However the company’s fast expansion during that time‚ was accompanied by the addition of long-term debt of few billions. Then we saw the quality of the cloths declining and the style’s popularity going down. Besides their fame of being so perfectly sync
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CSR Gap Analysis of the GAP Gap Inc prefaces their 2004/5 CSR report with the question: what is a company’s role in society? Their answer is that a company ‘only realizes its full potential when it embraces its role as a global citizen’. This raises two interesting points; the first is that the answer to the question ‘what is a company’s role in society?’ will be conditioned by normative assumptions about business/government relations in a firm’s country of incorporation. David Detomasi
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Chapter 7 The Gap Inc.’s Social Responsibility Reports 1) This chapter defined global corporate citizenship as putting an organizations commitment to social and environmental responsibility into practice worldwide. By this definition Gap has demonstrated global corporate citizenship since it has developed one of the most comprehensive factory-monitoring programs in the apparel industry in order to find and stop sweatshops‚ child labor and unsafe working conditions. The Gap has also pledged to
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Discussion Case: The Gap Inc.’s Social Responsibility Report Do you think Gap has demonstrated global corporate citizenship‚ as defined in this chapter? Why or why not? The Gap showed global corporate citizenship as they develop a comprehensive monitoring software factory in the garment industry In its response to problems in its contractor factories‚ do you think Gap moved through the stages of corporate citizenship presented in this chapter? Why or why not? Gap move through the stages
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GAP INC Financial and Strategic Analysis Review Summary The Gap‚ Inc (Gap) is a specialty retailer‚ engaged in providing a wide range of casual apparel‚ accessories‚ and personal care products for men‚ women and children. The company markets its products under the brand name Gap‚ Old Navy‚ GapKids‚ babyGap‚ GapBody‚ Banana Republic and Piperlime. Gap operates 3‚167 stores in United States‚ Canada‚ the United Kingdom‚ France‚ Ireland and Japan. The company also operates its stores in
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The Gap‚ Inc. History Address: 2 Folsom Street San Francisco‚ California 94105 U.S.A. Telephone: (650) 952-4400 Fax: (415) 427-2553 Website: www.gap.com Public Company Incorporated: 1969 as The Gap Stores‚ Inc. Employees: 169‚000 Sales: $14.4 billion (2003) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: GPS NAIC: 448140 Family Clothing Stores Company Perspectives: At Gap‚ Inc. we never stop moving. It takes thousands of passionate‚ dedicated and talented employees around
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