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Gap Inc. was founded by Doris and Don Fisher in 1969 in San Francisco, California, with a single store and a handful of employees. Today, Gap Inc. is an international company with five distinct brands — Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime and Athleta — and fiscal 2008 revenues of $14.5 billion.
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We have world headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area, product development offices in New York City and distribution operations and offices coordinating sourcing activities around the globe. Learn more in
What We Do.
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Unfortunately, we are unable to grant individual requests for information. However, you'll find a lot of great information on the company on this Web site. The
About Gap Inc. page is a good place to start.
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Gap operates and owns more than 180 stores in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France, plus more than 150 Gap and Banana Republic stores throughout Japan. In addition, Gap Inc.'s franchise business is growing rapidly, with dozens of Gap and Banana Republic stores either open or planned for the following countries: the Philippines, Bahrain, Indonesia, Kuwait, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Greece, the United Arab Emirates, Romania, Jordan, Egypt, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Croatia. As Gap continues to evaluate opportunities for international expansion, other countries may join the list.
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Gap Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals or requests for sponsorships. Our strategy is to seek out and build strong partnerships with a limited number of national, regional and local community organizations in line with our target causes, underserved youth in the developed world and women in the developing world. We sponsor a select, limited number of events in our headquarters' communities where we have high employee participation.
Gap Foundation typically does not make merchandise donations by request. We do, however, partner with
Gifts In Kind International (GIKI) to process all merchandise donations that become available. Interested nonprofit organizations may sign up with GIKI to potentially receive donations from Gap Inc. and all of GIKI's other clients.
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While we appreciate your interest in Gap Inc., we are unable to accept or review unsolicited proposals.
Our in-house design staff is dedicated to the development, design and marketing of our products. As such, we do not consider proposals or suggestions regarding new products or advertising campaigns from outside people or business entities.
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Gap, GapKids, babyGap, gapbody, Banana Republic and Old Navy normally do not work directly with individual models. Since we're always faced with frequent changes and tight deadlines, we use professional modeling and talent agencies almost exclusively, as we have found them to be the best sources for short notice bookings. Because of the large volume of inquiries we receive, we cannot provide individual evaluations or agency recommendations, contacts or referrals.
Photo shoots for children take place in different parts of the country, and selections are made as needed from professional modeling agencies situated in each particular location. Currently, the age range for babies is 8 to 13 months; for children, 6 to 10 years. Adult models are photographed in New York, and assignments are made through agencies there.
Television commercials are generally created in Los Angeles and cast through agencies in the greater metropolitan area.
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We do not offer scholarships, even to our own employees. However, we do support educational causes. For more information about our charitable giving, visit the
Community Involvement section.
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Companies looking to motivate and recognize their employees or reward their best customers can order Gap, Banana Republic or Old Navy giftcards through Gap Inc. Business Direct. For more information, visit
www.gapincbusinessdirect.com, call (888) 427-1111 (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ET) or email
business_direct@gap.com.
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Chain letters and other email hoaxes regarding any Gap Inc. brand's promotions are not legitimate. Please disregard any correspondence you've received promising free clothing or gift certificates. These messages were developed without the knowledge or approval of Gap Inc. We're sorry for any inconvenience to you as a result of unauthorized solicitations.
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In an effort to reduce spam, Gap Inc. subscribes to MAPS, a leading spam blocking service. The MAPS organization maintains lists of mail servers that exhibit configuration issues consistent with those used by spammers. While rare, it is possible that your legitimate communication with one of our employees or customer service departments was mistakenly blocked by the MAPS service. To learn more about MAPS and how to resolve this issue, please read the
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