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• Uniqlo Plots Global Expansion 
  The Wall Street Journal  | Sep 14,'11
  YOKOHAMA—The operator of the Uniqlo causal-clothing chain on Wednesday laid out aggressive plans overtake competitors like Gap Inc. and Spain's Zara and become the world's largest apparel retailer. Within one or two years, "three at the most," Fast Retailing Co. wants to be opening 200 to 300 stores annually outside Japan, Chief Executive Tadashi Yanai said at a press conference. ▪
• M-Commerce: I want digital receipts, now! 
  Mobile Industry Review  | Sep 14,'11
  I was doing a bit of research on digital receipts and came across this article from Stephanie Clifford over at the New York Times. Have a read: Major retailers, including Whole Foods Market, Nordstrom, Gap Inc. (which owns Old Navy and Banana Republic), Anthropologie, Patagonia, Sears and Kmart, have begun offering electronic versions of receipts, [...]
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  Brandon Sun  | Sep 8,'11
  NEW YORK, N.Y. - Clothing company Gap Inc. has opened its first Banana Republic store in Russia and plans on opening its first Gap store in Serbia on Friday. The Serbian store will be Gap's 200th franchised store worldwide, the company said Thursday. The Banana Republic store will be in Moscow's AfiMall City. The company's first Gap store opened in Russia in 2008. The new
• Gap Inc. Expands Presence in Russia With First Banana Republic Store 
  Business Wire  | Sep 7,'11
  First Serbia Store Opening Marks Milestone of Company's 200th Franchise Store MOSCOW--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Continuing with its global expansion strategy, Gap Inc. (NYSE:GPS) today announced the opening of the first Banana Republic store in Russia through its franchise channel. The company also announced that it will open its first Gap store in Serbia on Friday. This store will
• Retailers settle cadmium lawsuit 
  The News Observer  | Sep 6,'11
  Major retailers that sell jewelry, including Gap Inc., Forever 21 Inc. and Target Corp., have reached a settlement with a California environmental group that would all but ban the use of cadmium in those items.
• Retail Round-Up: Back-to-School Creates Winners & Losers (COST, TGT, M,SKS, JWN, JCP, KSS, GPS, WTSLA, BKE, ZUMZ, XRT, RTH) 
  24/7 Wall St  | Sep 1,'11
  Retail sales in August put up solid gains that were slowed somewhat by the effects of Hurricane Irene along the eastern seaboard. Among the stores reporting sales numbers today are Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST), Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT), Macy's Inc. (NYSE: M), Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS), Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN), J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP), Kohl's Corp. (NYSE: KSS), Gap Inc.

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