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Investigations
Reported pieces built from public records and company filings, including the documented case file on the dispute between Gap Inc. and off-price distributor SVES GO over an 11.2 million unit Old Navy shipment.
Investigation
How GAP scams small businesses.
Gap used it to dump millions of unwanted plus size garments, then tightened the contract to bury the paper trail. Gap disputes it all.
By The Retail Ledger
Investigation
A Gap Package Arrived. Nobody in the House Bought It. Gap Has the Proof to Explain Why.
The order knew the recipient's name, address, and phone number. The household recognized none of the purchase. Gap is sitting on the one record that could settle it.
By The Retail Ledger
Investigation
Gap Sells Inclusion to the Public. It Quietly Warns Investors It Could Cost Them.
Gap presents inclusion as a corporate value while treating scrutiny of it as a business threat. Nobody outside the boardroom can see what changed once the value got expensive.
By The Retail Ledger
Investigation
Eight Days in May
A newspaper story, a contract amendment, an earnings call and a securities filing. Four events, eight days. Then, three months later, ten million units.
By The Retail Ledger
Investigation
The Boxes Said Regular
What was inside them, according to testimony recorded by the court, was not regular.
By The Retail Ledger
Investigation
The Deal Was 500,000 Pieces
Gap's own negotiator testified to the limit. The purchase orders backed him up. SVES says more than nine million arrived.
By The Retail Ledger
Investigation
Where 25 Percent Came From
Gap's letter said its internal records showed the figure. The man who signed it was never called to testify.
By The Retail Ledger
Investigation
The Customers
SVES names TJ Maxx, Burlington and Ross. It alleges Gap went to them directly while SVES was struggling.
By The Retail Ledger
Investigation
Pay In Full
Gap had known for four months that SVES said the goods were wrong. Its own people had already inspected them.
By The Retail Ledger
Investigation
Gap Asked for Help in 2020. In 2024, It Sued.
A Florida distributor says it spent about $80 million bailing Gap out of the pandemic. It is now a defendant in Gap’s breach of contract case.
By The Retail Ledger
Investigation
What the Judge Left Alone
SVES lost the first phase of the trial. Read closely, the decision is far narrower than the result suggests.
By The Retail Ledger