Talk:Old Navy

Recent addition about labor practices

The following sentence:

These claims were subsequently mitigated through highly beneficial labor practices, resulting in Old Navy® receiving excellent scores from national ranking agencies.

...was added in this edit without sourcing. Is that true? Can someone provide a source? -GTBacchus^(talk) 07:35, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Unsourced info

Criticism

Since Old Navy is owned by The Gap, the company has been included in accusations of sweatshop labor practices. These claims were subsequently mitigated through highly beneficial labor practices, resulting in Old Navy® receiving excellent scores from national ranking agencies.

This is basically gossip and counter-gossip (which is also gossip), until someone ponies up sources (a) making the allegation of sweatshop practices and (b) showing that Old Navy received "excellent scores". GTBacchus^(talk) 17:11, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

POV?

This article reads like an advertisement for Old Navy, chirping up their annoying ad campaigns as if they were a giant adoration fest that was wrapped like a big blanket of love around the viewers. Now I'm not saying that we have to outline just how many people they've infuriated over the years, but this article really does sound like an advertisement, especially such lines as "Old Navy is best known for their inexpensive clothing and rubber flip flops, which many wear, that come in black, white, green, blue, etc." It would be good if someone would rewrite this thing without it needing to be marked for a NPOV review or something, but I'll slap one on there if need be. -RannXXV 06:56, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Doing some rewrites. That sentence was the first thing to go - good call. -GTBacchus^(talk) 07:29, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

I just found where that sentence came from, and found the best contributions page ever:Special:Contributions/69.115.139.93. Now that's a distinguished edit history! -GTBacchus^(talk) 07:46, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Wow. No wonder so many people wear those flip-flops. c.c -RannXXV 08:00, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Ok, the first paragraph under ad campaigns is still bizarre, albeit without the word "retroistic", but I think I've done enough damage for one evening. Does it still seem POV? I feel like it's at least better, if not completely fixed. -GTBacchus^(talk) 08:22, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Definitely looks a bit better. It probably could use some more work, but no need to knock yourself out over it, heh. -RannXXV 08:25, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

I think it looks fine-Carry Ledg — Preceding unsigned comment added by CarryLedg (talk • contribs) 16:18, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Canadian prices

"In 2001, Old Navy opened 12 stores in Canada, offerring the same products at slightly higher prices."

Call me an idiot, but isn't this because of the currency rate? Peanutbuttercups 12:02, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

One would assume. Perhaps the person that wrote that passage was confused. -RannXXV 23:41, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Consumer goods in Canada actually do tend to cost more than they do in the US, even after adjusting for the exchange rate. There was an article in Maclean's about this in 2008. I don't think this needs to be put back into the Old Navy article, but I thought someone might like to know. Alhead (talk) 06:51, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Name?

According to Old Navy's page at gapinc.com, (on the right under "DID YOU KNOW?") "Old Navy was named after a bar in Paris." This differs from what the article states: "The name "Old Navy" was chosen because originally the stores were supposed to imitate the look and feel of a traditional military surplus store." I'm not sure how this should be incorporated this in the article. -Squeak 01:03, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Well I work for old navy and from what I've been told, Old Navy was named just to be an all American store. It was only opened in 1994 and I can tell you for a fact, today, we do not sell anything related to Army or the navy.. we use to see camo colored pants.. but not anytime recently. So who knows. Besides, with the company opening 54 Old Navy's in the first year, I honestly don't care haha. -streetblader51 01:53, 6 August 2006

A coherent history please?

"The first three including the first California store were originally constructed as Gap Warehouse stores. The size and scale of the stores were completely larger and more diverse than any stores opened by the company before."

The first three stores opened were bigger than any stores they opened before?

"Within the first year of existence, Old Navy opened 57 stores. As of 2005, Old Navy has more than 900 stores [2]. Many stores are located in the United States as well as in Canada, the largest of which is on State Street in Chicago, Illinois.

Edit >In 1994 the Founder of Gap, Inc. and the CEO were visiting the UK and came upon a place distinctly signed Old Navy and it struck an accord with them. A branding consultant two weeks before the trip abroad had presented them with the name 'Elevator'. The concept name was received with mixed reviews. It has been said that the name was chosen because the stores were to imitate the look and feel of a traditional military surplus store. While this motif was quickly dropped, many stores retain a warehouse-like/urban decor and the name Old Navy stuck."<Edit The Edit(Removed from Wiki-Frontpage in 2011) is correct, The ad agency,(site) branding consultant that was paid for the "Name" ELEVATOR which was not used or adopted in 1994 was paid one-hundred thousand US Dollars in 1994. The Founder was D.Fisher(deceased)and Mickey Drexler(CEO, J Crew)

Distinctly signed "Old Navy"? What does this mean? I could not figure out from this history that Old Navy was started by the Gap, or when, or where the name came from. Would someone care to rewrite this?--Loodog 22:42, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

What

"For many years Old Navy has attempted to put out a product a year that focuses on attempting to catch on, some more successful than others." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.150.61 (talk) 20:45, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Announced closing of stores?

"Gap Inc. announced today they would be closing down their retail chain Old Navy to help reduce operating cost in the 2010 fiscal year. The first wave of closings are scheduled for January 2010." This statement cannot be corroborated anywhere on the GAP Inc website or any other website that I went to this evening, 08/25/09. Could someone please edit this off the page? Str8Gal (talk) 23:55, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Pick up trucks?

what ever happened to the navy blue pick up trucks that used to be in every store? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.79.200.129 (talk) 01:14, 8 February 2010 (UTC)