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...Calpers, for example, lamented “banana republic” governance....
...The retailer behind Old Navy, Banana Republic and its eponymous brand, has struggled to lure customers back to the brand as it faces increased pressure from the rise of ecommerce and fast fashion retailers...
...It also said that its sales declined by 6 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the group’s fiscal first quarter as like-for-like sales at its eponymous brand, Old Navy and Banana Republic all declined....
...Its ambitions outgrew the space and in 1989 the new Design Museum, funded largely by Conran, moved into a former banana warehouse, reimagined as a white Bauhaus block, at Shad Thames, near Tower Bridge....
...It is nicknamed, not always admiringly, the “People’s Republic of Cambridge” and was the first city in the US to elect an openly gay, black man as mayor....
...The owner of Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic chains raised its full-year guidance. Shares, which fell during the session, rallied 3.3 per cent to $33.26 in after-hours trading....
...Having said that, the monastery he did build in NovýDvur, in Czech Republic, is truly great....
...Republic to China, too....
...BAE Systems produces enough high-tech weaponry to overwhelm a confederacy of banana republics....
...Take, for instance, Gap and Banana Republic, for whom Fair Isle is synonymous with Christmas advertising campaigns, this season being no exception as the latter rocks out its hat, scarf, cardie trio across...
...As Simon Kneen, creative director at retailer Banana Republic, says: “Men’s printed shirts have that touch of individuality that a guy can be playful with.”...
...Gap, the largest US speciality clothing retailer, said its same-store sales rose 1 per cent, with continued strength at its lower-cost Old Navy stores, and growth at Banana Republic....
...and Minister of Justice in 2001) USA Richard V....
...Surprisingly chic yet affordable versions have sprung up at Banana Republic, Zara and H&M. Think of it as diversification of the sartorial investment portfolio....
...- Banana Republic of the United States of America. - Some good news? - Bonfire of the carry trades. - Happy anniversary, DJIA. - Baugured. - John Mack dines in London....
...But where I live the lawyers, political staffers, journalists, office workers and think-tank grunts dressed in Banana Republic khakis, driving Volkswagen Polos and walking their MacLaren strollers, are overwhelmingly...
...Another blow to the government on Monday was the ruling in the Birmingham vote fraud case, where the behaviour of local candidates and their parties would, the judge said, “disgrace a banana republic”....
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