What scandals led to the Gap brand, which we once saw above everyone else, sinking to the bottom and disappearing?
April 23, 2024
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It all started in 1969, when a couple named Doris and Don were looking for a pair of jeans on the colorful streets of San Francisco. This search
It all started in 1969, when a couple named Doris and Don were looking for a pair of jeans on the colorful streets of San Francisco. This search includes not only their wardrobes, It will also shape the retail world It has become a story.
Gap, founded by the Fisher couple, over time came to represent much more than just a fashion brand. literal born from “emptiness” (Gap means ‘hole’ in English.) and the story of GAP, a brand that rose and fell over time due to some scandals…
It all started with Don Fisher’s search for a pair of jeans that fit him.
Doris and Don Fisher
Founded in San Francisco by Doris and Don Fisher in 1969, the American brand grew from a modest hipster store. The indispensable brand of the nineties transformed.
The Fisher family’s goal in founding Gap was to enable Don to find jeans that fit him. The couple opened their first store on Ocean Avenue over $60,000 They raised money and chose the name “Gap” to refer to the generation gap.
Gap filled the gap for young people.
At that time, young people were just starting to turn to different styles. Gap took advantage of this and decided to respond to the youth market. The first Gap store, Levi’s pants However, the brand’s popularity exploded in the 1970s and sales and brand value continued to rise until the late 1980s.
Clothing for teenagers was not only simple and cool, but also affordable. While other brands change trends as the season changes, Gap without breaking the line It continued with the same simplicity. The fact that famous models like Naomi Campbell were the face of advertisements made the brand even bigger.
Emerging reports of Gap’s poor working conditions changed things.
The banner on the left: Since 2006, 600 workers have died in avoidable factory fires.
Banner on the right: Gap: You can save lives by paying $10 more per t-shirt.
In 2006, reports surfaced about poor working conditions for workers at Gap’s factories, as well as the animal wool/skin they used in their products, mobilizing animal rights activists. So Gap is a series of Target of protests against workers’ rights and animal rights activists happened. In the 2000s it began to lose its cult status, which it retained into the 1990s.
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For years, create nostalgic pieces Despite several attempts at revival, it was never able to rise as well as before and continued to fall from favor. Faces used in advertisements, new generation of young people He didn’t even know him.
The age of collapse has begun…
In 2019, the company lost $1 billion and was down 43%. Despite all this, Gap especially in the American retail market It still retains its place. In 2020, he signed a 10-year partnership with Kanye West for a new clothing line called “Yeezy Gap.”
Since 2023, the company’s CEO has been Mattel’s director, Richard Dickson. Although the company is gradually closing all its stores in Britain and Ireland his legacy will continue resembling.
Sources: Business Insider, Medium, The Guardian
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