An undated publicity photograph shows Donald Fisher, co-founder of Gap Inc. Fisher, who co-founded the Gap with his wife Doris forty years ago, died on September 27, 2009 after a battle with cancer, the clothing retailer said. He was 81. The company that the Fishers began as a little denim store in San Francisco now operates more than 3,100 stores in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Japan and Ireland, and it has been credited with inventing the specialty retail category. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

An undated publicity photograph shows Donald Fisher, co-founder of Gap Inc. Fisher, who co-founded the Gap with his wife Doris forty years ago, died on September 27, 2009 after a battle with cancer, the clothing retailer said. He was 81. The company that the Fishers began as a little denim store in San Francisco now operates more than 3,100 stores in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Japan and Ireland, and it has been credited with inventing the specialty retail category.

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  1. An undated publicity photograph shows Donald Fisher, co-founder of Gap Inc. Fisher, who co-founded the Gap with his wife Doris forty years ago, died on September 27, 2009 after a battle with cancer, the clothing retailer said. He was 81. The company that the Fishers began as a little denim store in San Francisco now operates more than 3,100 stores in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Japan and Ireland, and it has been credited with inventing the specialty retail category.
  2. This 1969 photo provided by Gap Inc. shows Doris and Don Fisher in front of the first Gap store in San Francisco, Calif. Don Fisher, who co-founded clothing retailer Gap Inc., has died at age 81 after a long battle with cancer. The company said Fisher died at his home in San Francisco on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009.
  3. Patrick Robinson, head designer for Gap Inc., poses with denim jeans in San Francisco, California in this August 5, 2009 file photo. As Gap Inc promotes its new "Gap 1969" jeans with eye-catching window displays, a host of disparate rivals from AnnTaylor Stores Corp to Guess Inc are upping the ante on the $12 billion apparel category that has seen 8 percent sales growth in the 12 months ended June. To match ANALYSIS USA/RETAIL-DENIM.
  4. Women's denim jeans are displayed in a retail store in San Francisco, California in this September 3, 2009 file photo. As Gap Inc promotes its new "Gap 1969" jeans with eye-catching window displays, a host of disparate rivals from AnnTaylor Stores Corp to Guess Inc are upping the ante on the $12 billion apparel category that has seen 8 percent sales growth in the 12 months ended June. To match ANALYSIS USA/RETAIL-DENIM.
  5. An undated publicity photograph shows Donald Fisher, co-founder of Gap Inc. Fisher, who co-founded the Gap with his wife Doris forty years ago, died on September 27, 2009 after a battle with cancer, the clothing retailer said. He was 81. The company that the Fishers began as a little denim store in San Francisco now operates more than 3,100 stores in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Japan and Ireland, and it has been credited with inventing the specialty retail category.

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