BloggingStocks | by Tom Taulli | Mon, Sep 28
Mon, Sep 28
Back in the late 1960s -- when the hippie movement was in full force -- Donald Fisher started a blue jeans store in San Francisco. Yes, it eventually turned into a retail empire, called The Gap (NYSE: GPS). The company now has more than 3,100 stores and $14.5 billion in revenues.
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source: FOXBusiness
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source: Daily Finance
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source: BloggingStocks
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source: BloggingStocks
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