This season, she has been heavily promoting Old Navy's hugely popular fleece pullovers and baggy cotton pants. And her knack for spotting and promoting hot trends has the 450-store chain on an expansion tear. San Francisco-based Gap Inc. doesn't normally break out sales at its three units, which include its Banana Republic chain as well as Gap stores themselves. New York-based Argus Research Corp. Moreover, Gap expects Old Navy's sales to surpass those at the Gap chain in just a few years. Positioned as something of a downscale Gap that offers up T-shirts, sweaters, and jeans for teens and young adults on a budget, its prices are far cheaper than the namesake chain.
Shoppers seem to love the difference.
A lifelong passion for fashion. Ming will sometimes sit down with her two daughters and flip through the pages of Seventeen. Ming figured the sneakers came that way. Then, Kameron told her all the kids were painting them themselves. Other ideas come from regular trips to big cities like London, Paris, and New York, where she pays close attention to what's in at the cafes and other student hangouts.