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The last eight months of the Covid pandemic have brought new difficulties and difficulties with each turn. In addition to lives, the virus claimed, he also killed many industries and retail businesses were particularly affected. National companies had to dig deeply to find ways tofluff, and nowA beloved 90's shop The last victim of the many retail closures and restructuring was announced in the middle of the pandemic. Gap Inc. recently revealed that it would close most of its shopping center locations in the coming years and this includesStop of 130 banana republic stores in North America. Read more about the banana republic and the gap, and for more detail than you may have missed, discover whichThe beloved store of your childhood closes 200 pitches.

Republic of bananaonly 15% accounted for net sales of the company in fiscal 2019,Mark BreitbardThe Gap Global President stated at a virtual meeting with investors on October 22nd. As a comparison, the gap stores accounted for 28% and the old marine reserves accounted for 49%. And for another major change that could affect you, checkThis popular gym closes all its locations.

Breitbard announced that Gap Inc. would beClose a third of its name gap stores (22o stores) in North America by the end of 2023. The company plans to close mainly stores based on the mall, leaving only 20% of its remaining gap stores in shopping centers.

"We shrink North American specialty stores and let's come out locations based on the mall," said Breitbard on the call. "What we do is the restructuring of the fleet, the transfer and the thrust more from the company to the part of the digital and growth (market) part in key categories." And for more information up to date on which stores are broken,Sign up for our daily newsletter.

As the largest brand of society, the old marine really gets a boost as a result of the restructuring of the company. There are currently about 1,200 Vieux Navy stores around the world and Gap Inc. plans to open 30 to 40 more in the next three years. In fact, the company expects the brand to increase the $ 8 billion incomes to $ 10 billion by the end of 2023. For more stores, you can no longer see in shopping centers, discover whichMall Favorite Just tabled for bankruptcy in September.

Breitbard said the company had been "too dependent on low productivity, high rent stores" and the last six months of the pandemic tackled the "real estate problems and accelerate [its] change" .

In fact, the company is currently involved in a legal dispute with Simon Property Group, a major shopping center operator, rental fees during national shutdowns. In April, the retail company - which would pay $ 115 million for monthly rent for its North American stores - announced that it would bedo not make rent payments While shops were locked in mandatory closures. According toCONTINUATION OF THE OWNER SIMONIt seems that the retailer continued to retain rent payments. For more detail controversy, discover whyWalmart begins to end its most popular program.