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Saturday, Jul 28

Opinion: Option update 7-28-07: volatility elevated in Gap & Target; suggesting more risk

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...

Friday, Jul 27

New Gap CEO cause for upgrade and optimism

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%).

Today in Money & Finance -- Friday, July 27 -- Best Global Brands, Best-Paying Blue Collar Jobs, Deluxe Airport Lounges & How to Survive a Market Drop

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...

Thursday, Jul 26

A new CEO for Gap

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.

Friday, Jul 20

Wal-Mart's top apparel executive resigns

After Wal-Mart's (NYSE: WMT) foray into high-fashion flopped, the company's top fashion executive has resigned and been replaced by a 12-year veteran of Gap (NYSE: GPS).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...

Thursday, Jul 5

Jones gets another bid for Barneys

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...

Monday, Jul 2

Gap's new credit card

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...

Wednesday, Jun 13

Guess? Inc: Fashions for the young and trendy

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...

Friday, Jun 8

J. Crew Group: Fashions for the young professional

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...

Wednesday, Jun 6

Abercrombie & Fitch: Teens drive this stock to new heights

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...

Tuesday, May 15

Inter Parfums: The name behind the best known scents

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...

Wednesday, May 2

Today in Money & Finance - 5/2 - 10 tainted stocks to buy?, ticker wars & why what you have is never enough

Filed under: Time Warner (TWX), DaimlerChrysler (DCX), Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), International Business Machines (IBM), Sprint Nextel Corp (S), Money and Finance Today, MasterCard Inc'A' (MA), Gap Inc (GPS), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Yum Brands (YUM...

Sunday, Apr 15

Battle of the Brands: Some too close to call -- so far

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...

Friday, Apr 13

Cramer loves Triple Play for cable

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...

Thursday, Apr 12

Stop Trading! Cramer's got five stocks

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.