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    Don Fisher, the Gap’s Founder, Dies at 81
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    The company expanded by acquisitions (Banana Republic) and start-up (Old Navy), and the Gap became familiar and influential enough to be lampooned on “Saturday Night Live” and decried as symbolic in what many saw as the corporatization of American life. "As ubiquitous as McDonald’s, as centrally managed as the former Soviet Union and as American as Mickey Mouse, the Gap Inc. has you covered, from the cradle to the grave" an article in The New York Times declared in 1992. Full Article at The New York Times
    As ubiquitous as McDonald’s, as centrally managed as the former Soviet Union and as American as Mickey Mouse, the Gap Inc. has you covered, from the cradle to the grave
    SOURCE: The New York Times 2 months ago
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Don Fisher, the Gap’s Founder, Dies at 81
  1. Don and Doris took a simple idea and turned it into a brand recognized as a cultural icon throughout the world and changed the face of retail forever
    SOURCE: The New York Times 2 months ago

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