It was the summer of 1969: Man took his first walk on the moon. Nearly 450,000 people gathered in upstate New York to witness the historic Woodstock concert. And Doris and Don Fisher opened the first Gap store in San Francisco.
Today, Gap Inc. is one of the world's largest specialty retailers, with more than 3,100 stores, over 200 Franchise stores and 134,000 employees. We operate five of the most recognised apparel brands in the world — Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime and Athleta.
Every day, we look for new ways to connect with customers around the world, provide value to our shareholders and make a positive contribution in the communities where we do business.
We're growing globally and we have opened our first stores in China, Australia and Italy. We're expanding our online shopping to customers too. Today customers in over 80 countries can buy our products. In the UK, Ireland and Northern Ireland, 5.500 people help bring our particular brand of high street fashion to customers, new and old, through some 150 stores via our Gap, GapKids and babyGap brands. And keeping them coming back time and time again takes a lot of energy, planning and, above all, creative thinking.
