Gap

By Paul Foster Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) volatility Elevated into new CEO. GPS, the San Francisco based parent company of 3,200 Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic stores, appointed Glenn Murphy, 45, to serve as GPS's Chairman and CEO and as a member of the Board of Directors. Smith Barney upgraded GPS to Buy. SBSH...

By Brent Archer Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Good news, Management, Gap Inc (GPS), Options, Technical AnalysisGap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) opened at $17.33. So far today the stock has hit a low of $16.98 and a high of $17.65. As of 10:45, GPS is trading at $17.63, up $0.72 (4.3%).

By Vicki Passmore Filed under: Earnings reports, Deals, Consumer experience, Competitive strategy, Cisco Systems (CSCO), Money and Finance Today, Clear Channel Commun (CCU), Burger King Hldgs (BKC), Economic dataIn the News: Stocks Set to Flat Open After Big Plunge Food in Botulism Recall Still Bei...

By Zac Bissonnette Filed under: Management, Gap Inc (GPS) Struggling clothier Gap (NYSE: GPS) has completed its search for a new CEO. The result? Glenn Murphy, the former CEO of Shoppers Drug Mart, the leading drugstore chain north of the border will take the reins and try to pull Gap out of its malaise.

By Zac Bissonnette After Wal-Mart's (NYSE: WMT) foray into high-fashion flopped, the company's top fashion executive has resigned and been replaced by a 12-year veteran of Gap (NYSE: GPS). The Gap hasn't been cool in a long time, and I doubt that a Gap executive will make the Bentonville retailer's clothin...

By Zac Bissonnette Jones says it will begin talks with Fast Retailing. According to the Associated Press, "Headquartered in the western prefecture of Yamaguchi, Fast Retailing Co. operates the popular casual clothing chain Uniqlo. The retailer has expanded aggressively overseas, in such markets as Brit...

By Douglas McIntyre The large clothing retailer is launching a Visa card that will allow users of the "Gap card" to earn credits for Gap merchandise from purchases both inside and outside the company's stores. It is not unlike airline credit card programs which allow purchases to count toward frequent flyer...

By Larry Schutts Guess? Inc. (NYSE: GES) designs, markets, distributes and licenses an upscale collection of contemporary apparel, accessories and related consumer products. The company operates 336 retail stores in the United States and Canada and also distributes its products through department...

By Larry Schutts J. Crew Group (NYSE: JCG) is a multi-channel retailer of women's and men's apparel, shoes and accessories. Known for its preppy fashions, the firm targets young professionals through 186 retail stores, a catalog business, a Web site and 53 factory outlet stores. It also has more than 40 sho...

By Hilary Kramer While CEO Michael Jeffries has a questionably over-generous compensation package, he has done a remarkable job since taking leadership in 1992. Under his aegis, the brand has made solid strides. Type of stock: I'm bullish on this casual clothing retailer's prospects, and in its push int...

By Larry Schutts Inter Parfums (NASDAQ: IPAR) develops, manufactures and distributes prestige perfumes and cosmetics, as the exclusive worldwide licensee for such names as Burberry, Lanvin, Paul Smith, S.T. Dupont, Christian Lacroix, Quiksilver/Roxy and Van Cleef & Arpels. The firm also design...

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By Trey Thoelcke Filed under: Starbucks (SBUX), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF), Kraft Foods'A' (KFT), Battle of the Brands A Battle of the Brands bonus: BloggingStocks blogger Tom Barlow has shared a few thoughts on other possible Battle of the Brands match-ups. What two brands...

By Jon Ogg Filed under: Analyst reports, Time Warner (TWX), Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Gap Inc (GPS), Time Warner Cable Inc Cl A WI (TWCA), Vonage Holdings (VG)On today's STOP TRADING! segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he was wrong yesterday about Gap Inc (NYSE: GPS) and said that it was Banana Republic...

By Jon Ogg If you look at Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) it is a pro-status quo board, he says, which is why the stock is down. As far as Gap, Inc. (NYSE: GPS), Cramer thinks that Old Navy is coming back (yuck, I hope not). The same store sales were well above estimates.