VIEWPOINT: Gap's rebranding a disastrous move
By Leonie Barrie | 13 October 2010
Just as BP's disastrous handling of the worst oil spill in US history earlier this year is already a public-relations case study in how not to manage a crisis, so too clothing retailer Gap Inc is likely to be remembered for all the wrong reasons after its rebranding efforts this week.
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