Gap Inc. is eliminating 1,800 corporate jobs, “mainly in San Francisco and New York,” as part of an effort to make the company “more nimble and less bureaucratic,” the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Gap has pulled all of Kanye West’s Yeezy merchandise and shuttered YeezyGap.com in the wake of his antisemitic rants that he has yet to apologize for.
Rapper Kanye West said Thursday on CNBC’s “Closing Bell” that he terminated the contract between his company Yeezy and Gap Inc. in part because “they have a lot of commitments to China,” and he wanted to bring industry back to America.
China’s latest exercise of “sharp power” – using economic leverage to impose its political agenda on the free world – targets H&M, a Swedish fashion company. The clothing company was surprised to find itself threatened with boycotts and banned by major Chinese e-commerce platforms Wednesday over months-old social media posts expressing concern about China’s use of Uyghur Muslim slave labor in Xinjiang province.
Kanye West is bringing his Yeezy brand to Gap. The rap superstar will design adult and kids’ clothing that will be sold at the chain’s stores next year.
Banana Republic is the latest major retailer to sell hijabs, the Islamic head covering for women. Although the company has been praised for its new products by CAIR, it also faces backlash from the Islamic community for showing models in hijabs dressed in short-sleeved t-shirts and other clothing not in line with Islamic dress codes.
Clothing retailer Gap apologized to China on Tuesday for selling a T-shirt that displayed a map of China but did not include Taiwan, southern Tibet, or disputed islands in the South China Sea claimed by the Chinese.
