1. What is your opinion on the “multi-brand strategy” of Gap Inc. (Gap‚ Banana Republic‚ Old Navy‚ and Forth&Towne)? What are the main advantages and the main disadvantages of this “multi-brand strategy” compared to a “single-brand strategy”‚ i.e. compared to a strategy in which this company would have concentrated solely on the Gap brand. In my opinion‚ the multi-brand strategy is the revolution of how many businesses reach their customers these days. The companies can use it to acquire greater
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“The Real Generation Gap” an article written by Marianne M. Jennings‚ is an article talks about “Generation X” which is the group of people who were born in the 1980’s. Statistics tell us that the gap between all the generations is wider in certain areas. There are five areas in which the gap is most pronounced; skills‚ knowledge‚ critical‚ thinking‚ work‚ and morality. The skills gap is telling us about how grade inflation is becoming more of a problem. Students can have a 4.0 in high school
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GENERATION GAP "When you are as old as me now‚ you will have the same opinions as me" - said my mother when we had a sensational discussion. I can’t understand what she said. I thought much about it and I realized that we have many differences. So what is its cause? I think the main cause is the generation gap. "Generation gap" is a popular term used to describe the wide differences between members of younger generation and their older. A generation gap exists when older and younger people don’t
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The Gap Don Fisher‚ 1928–2009 Doris and Don Fisher is the founder of GAP INC. The first GAP store that opened by Doris and Don Fisher is in year 1969.The first store was opened at San Francisco‚ USA. The reason of why Don Fisher opened a GAP store was simple because Don Fisher could not find a pair of jeans that fit him. Don Fisher was a third-generation of San Franciscan. His great-grandfather‚ Samuel Fisher‚ arrived in San Francisco from New York in the1860s which is a decade after the discovery
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The generation gap is a very interesting topic for me. As a child that grew up ion the 70’s and 80’s i feel somewhat in the middle of this gap. I love the idea of a menu driven benefits. I also like how you remember different generations have different skills that they grew up with As a 40-something i find the idea of a menu driven benefit package fascinating. At the last hospital i worked at everyone received so "stipend" for health insurance and it was the same for every one if you were
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"The Achievement Gap" The goal of public schools in the US is to give American citizens a chance at an equal education. However somewhere over time this system has failed to provide all children with this said education. More specifically it has failed at giving African American children an adequate education. When looking at mandatory state test scores of African Americans they are significantly lower than those of white Americans. The achievement gap in education between whites and blacks is
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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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There are approximately ten out of ten students that would take a gap year before attending college rather than just applying for college right away. Undoubtedly a nice break from all this pressure would be just perfect but not really helpful for graduates. Therefore‚ students that do not attend college right after high school tend to lose time. The actual concept is to register into college after graduating from high school. If graduates get a year off after high school they will not get the college
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generation gap Generation gap is a common probleim in modern society.It is the distance and contradiction between the parents and children.It exits all over the world and influences both parents and children.Generally speaking‚ there are too many reason cause the generation gap.For example‚people have different understanding and different reaction to new things‚ and different attitudes to tradition principles and beliefs. In this essay‚I will give you some solutions and suggestions about the generation
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CULTURE: Based on the research I conducted about Gap‚ I would characterize their culture as adaptive. They would be stupid not to be in the fashion industry with trends constantly changing‚ they need to be up to date with the latest fashions. Ever since 1969‚ Gap Inc. has expanded not only horizontally but vertically as well. They created stores such as Old Navy and Banana Republic. In addition to Gap opening new stores‚ they have expanded globally to reach a new customer base. Their innovation
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