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...Gap also made an attempt to capture this market with Forth and Towne, though the line was closed after two years. “You can’t ignore the baby boomers,” says designer Maria Grachvogel....
...One good example is a 2,300 sq ft carriage cottage with four bedrooms listed at $599,000 with Towne & Country....
...Two years ago it abandoned its efforts to develop a fourth store chain, Forth & Towne, aimed at older women....
...Since Mr Pressler left, Mr Fisher made a series of potentially difficult changes at the retailer, including deciding to close down Gap’s fledgling Forth & Towne fourth brand that was aimed at older women...
...Gap said earlier this year it will close down its handful of Forth & Towne stores....
...Gap announced on Monday that it would abandon its bid to create a new fourth brand aimed at older women, closing 19 stores established under the Forth & Towne name it launched in early 2005....
...Forth & Towne was developed and headed by Gary Muto, a company veteran who was formerly president of the Gap brand, before being moved to the project by Mr Pressler....
...Gap has opened four of its new Forth & Towne outlets aimed at women over 35 in malls around Chicago....
...The Forth & Towne stores join Gap’s existing three brands: Banana Republic, Old Navy and the original Gap stores....
...Mr Pressler also highlighted recent moves by Gap to develop personal care products for all three of its brands, and announced that Gap would next week open the first of four new Forth Towne brand stores...
...Gap also announced that its planned new brand aimed at women aged over 35 will be named “Forth & Towne”, and will open in four stores in Chicago and one in New York in the autumn....
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