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Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 3:57 a.m. Don Fisher, whose frustration in finding a pair of blue jeans with the proper inseam length, the story goes, led him and his wife, Doris, to open their own blue jeans store, a business that expanded to become Gap Inc., died Sunday at home in San ...

Patrick Robinson, head designer for Gap, Inc., poses for a photograph with denim jeans.

Road Work: a weekly look at business travel The best travel apps Matthew Vincent / for the Globe and Mail Your iPhone or BlackBerry can be your best friend on the road with the right apps.

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., one of the nation's leading financial services firms, has relocated its flagship San Francisco branch office to 100 Post St.

Greater Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., parent of the A&P supermarket chain, on Tuesday pushed aside Chief Executive Eric Claus after the company's performance fell short of the board's expectations.

The Sacramento Bee is full of useful stuff. When they aren't publishing my salary, they are highlighting important policy debates taking place in California's Capitol .

Commercial real estate is a house a cards about to collapse on multiple fronts for deeply structural reasons.

Web sites run by Macya s Inc., Gap Inc. and Urban Outfitters Inc. may prop up retail sales this holiday season as discounts and online improvements drive more shoppers to their computers.

Beaten-down shares of the largest U.S. supermarket chains extended their recent rally Thursday, gains built on hopes that deflation for meats, produce, and dairy goods will ease and some inflation will return.

The apparel retailer Gap Inc. on Thursday announced plans to return to television advertising in November for its namesake brand, after a two-year hiatus, and said it will continue to expand internationally.

Welcome back to TV, Gap ! After two years without any Gap ads, starting in November, you will be able to see a completely new ad campaign.

The apparel retailer Gap Inc. on Thursday announced plans to return to television advertising in November for its namesake brand, after a two-year hiatus, and said it will continue to expand internationally.

San Franciso-based The Gap Inc. has announced that it will continue international expansion, with plans to open its first Chinese Gap store next year, according to the Associated Press.

Mountain View-based Google Inc. plans to resume hiring and acquisitions after the recovering economy helped third-quarter sales beat analysts' estimates.

By Debra Hazel Gap NEW YORK CITY-With the North American division planning to decrease its square footage by 10% over the next five years, Gap will focus its expansion plans on its online and international divisions, including opening its first unit in China, next year the company said today at its annual investor conference, held here.

The maximum contribution limits for your 401 and other retirement plans will stay the same next year, the Internal Revenue Service said.

Retailer Gap Inc. will open ita s first Gap store in China next year, as it attempts to boost its sales numbers, which have been lackluster in the past decade, according to a report published in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday.

To boost its lagging market share and declining sales, No. 1 U.S. clothing chain Gap Inc.

Fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB Thursday missed forecasts by posting a 8% drop in September comparable sales as it continued to suffer from consumers reining in spending during the economic slowdown.

Supermarket chains face a tough road ahead as tighter consumer budgets, heightened promotional deals among food retailers, and some product deflation will put pressure on sales and profits, analysts said Tuesday.

Christopher and Wendi Samway have listed for sale a four-bedroom, three-bath home at 7300 S.W. 121st Street in Pinecrest for $629,000. The Samways paid $480,000 for the property in Nov.

Oregon Partnership, a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating alcohol and drug abuse, has called for Old Navy stores to discontinue the sale of t-shirts with binge drinking messages.

The TSX Venture Exchange settled at 1,306.18 up 16.36 points Thursday. The volume at 5 p.m. was 291.03 million shares.

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AS the man behind one of the most successful clothing chains in retailing history Donald Fisher was responsible for introducing the concept of 'dressing down'. With his forward thinking on fashion he made it acceptable for men and women to wear denim and sweat tops where once they would have put on a suit or dress.

Don Fisher, the entrepreneur and philanthropist, died on Sunday. His was a familiar name during my childhood.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell issued the following statement today following the death of Gap Inc.

Billionaire Donald Fisher is dead, and so is his controversial proposal to endow an art museum at the Presidio.

Published memorials for the death of Gap, Inc. founder Don Fisher have described a pioneering entrepreneur, major philanthropist, civic leader, major political donor and major art collector.

Donald Fisher was walking around the new Jewish Community Center of San Francisco in 2004 when a blank wall caught his eye.