Has Gap shut anywhere else? Is this recession thing or summat else?

[FlightHattendant]

Our Gap closed last weekend. It had been running low for a while - piles and racks of really low quality, mass produced and frankly, weird shaped stuff...like kind of shifts that didn't look or feel right, and strange thin t shirts.

I wasn't really shopping there since they started doing that as there was nothing worth buying - only the kids' stuff looked Ok still - but I wondered if they are closing in general or just ours?

It's a shame as they used to be brilliant.

Gap also purchased a brilliant women's athletic clothing company called Athleta last year. Here in the US they seem to be still doing well but have closed down a few smaller stores so must be an attempt to be more profitable and efficient.

I went in the Gap outlet store at York designer village, and anything remotely bargainous had "Gap quality" on the label - i.e. made for the outlet and not marked-down Gap stuff at all! That narked me a bit and I didn't buy anything. They've been really yawny for years now, though, IMO.