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  • July 2008

    • Former Retail Workers Stuck in Folding Mode

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 9, 08 9:49 AM CDT

      Former Retail Workers Stuck in Folding Mode

      (Newser) - Countless current and former retail workers have an obsessive urge to fold clothes ironed into their brains, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Gap started the trend for tightly folded displays in the '80s and rivals quickly followed suit. A whole generation of retail alumni spent thousands of hours folding and is now unable to tolerate the sight of imperfectly folded T-shirts. More »

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      retail  • clothing  • retail stores  • The Gap  • Gap

  • February 2008
  • November 2007

    • Black Friday Getting Longer

      Associated Press  |  Nov 22, 07 8:08 PM CST

      Black Friday Getting Longer

      (Newser) - Stores will open earlier than ever on Black Friday, with midnight openings becoming more common, the AP reports. Wal-Mart, in fact, began its sales today. "You sell two sweaters and you've broken even,” said one analyst. But Gap chief Glenn Murphy will be out with the hordes, then crunching numbers. “There is a point from an industry perspective where you get diminishing returns.” More »

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      US economy  • business  • shopping  • JCPenney  • chain stores  • The Gap  • department stores

  • October 2007

    • Child 'Slave' Laborers Fall Into the Gap

      Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 28, 07 5:14 PM CDT

      Child 'Slave' Laborers Fall Into the Gap

      (Newser) - Ten-year-olds were found stitching Gap apparel in a filthy New Delhi sweatshop, some without pay, in an investigation by the Guardian . The kids interviewed by the paper reported long hours of unpaid work, threats and beatings. Serial numbers on the beaded blouses they were working on were ID'd by the Gap, which pulled the items from shelves and launched a probe, the Guardian reports. More »

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      United Nations  • children  • India  • United States  • San Francisco  • Europe  • Christmas  • retail stores  • The Gap  • New Delhi  • sweatshop

  • September 2007

    • Report: Top Retailers Pay Poverty Wages

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 14, 07 11:27 AM CDT

      Report: Top Retailers Pay Poverty Wages

      (Newser) - On the eve of London fashion week, a new report blasts clothing retailers for turning a blind eye to the poverty-level wages of their workers. Marks&Spencer, H&M, the Gap, and others are singled out for paying garments workers in Bangladesh such low wages that the workers must rely on government food parcels or go hungry, the Guardian reports. More »

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      fashion  • poverty  • minimum wage  • The Gap  • sweatshop

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