rss
05-19-2014, 11:40 PM
Fashioning Cool: How Gap Bounced Back
http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzA1LzE5LzU3L0dhcDIwMT**b2xpLmVkYmFjLmpwZw pwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn/e46f0de2/cf6/Gap-2013-holiday-QTip-Harry-Belafonte.jpghttp://rack.3.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-df3e816c4e85a109d6e247013aed8d66.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=Fashioning+Cool%3A+How+Gap+Bounced+Back&src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2014%2F05%2F19%2Fg ap-brand-marketing-strategy%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss)htt p://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-fdab25e3700868c9621fb03b7fd07c38.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2014%2F05 %2F19%2Fgap-brand-marketing-strategy%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss&src=sp)
Since 1969, Gap has rallied around fun, joyfulness, optimism and inclusivity. It's a brand that was launched for the youth of America, and it still speaks to that demographic today. Even though target consumers aged over the decades, Gap's founding principles are unchanged and remain relevant — the promise of a better future and the joy of togetherness.
"Your long-term purpose and the tone of your brand and your belief system should never change, but the way you express it can change time and time again," says Gap Chief Marketing ******r Seth Farbman (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/seth-farbman/3/999/176). "We look at our marketing **t just as a way of selling pants but as a way to sell this idea that optimism will overcome." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/19/gap-brand-marketing-strategy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Advertising (http://mashable.com/advertising/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Marketing (http://mashable.com/marketing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Branding (http://mashable.com/category/branding/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Gap (http://mashable.com/category/gap/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1400527352 (http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1400527352)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/kYDuJ3s_Rjk
http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzA1LzE5LzU3L0dhcDIwMT**b2xpLmVkYmFjLmpwZw pwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn/e46f0de2/cf6/Gap-2013-holiday-QTip-Harry-Belafonte.jpghttp://rack.3.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-df3e816c4e85a109d6e247013aed8d66.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=Fashioning+Cool%3A+How+Gap+Bounced+Back&src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2014%2F05%2F19%2Fg ap-brand-marketing-strategy%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss)htt p://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-fdab25e3700868c9621fb03b7fd07c38.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2014%2F05 %2F19%2Fgap-brand-marketing-strategy%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_source%3Drss&src=sp)
Since 1969, Gap has rallied around fun, joyfulness, optimism and inclusivity. It's a brand that was launched for the youth of America, and it still speaks to that demographic today. Even though target consumers aged over the decades, Gap's founding principles are unchanged and remain relevant — the promise of a better future and the joy of togetherness.
"Your long-term purpose and the tone of your brand and your belief system should never change, but the way you express it can change time and time again," says Gap Chief Marketing ******r Seth Farbman (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/seth-farbman/3/999/176). "We look at our marketing **t just as a way of selling pants but as a way to sell this idea that optimism will overcome." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/19/gap-brand-marketing-strategy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Advertising (http://mashable.com/advertising/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Marketing (http://mashable.com/marketing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Branding (http://mashable.com/category/branding/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Gap (http://mashable.com/category/gap/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1400527352 (http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1400527352)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/kYDuJ3s_Rjk