Gap to go dark on Fifth Avenue
Gap Inc. is closing one of its former landmark locations.
The apparel retailer will shutter its three-level Gap store at 680 Fifth Avenue (between 53rd and 54th streets) in Manhattan on January 20. It will follow other retail closings on the famed shopping street, including the Lord & Taylor flagship. Henri Bendel is also closing up shop.
Gap opened its Fifth Avenue outpost opened in 1994. It was considered the company’s premier New York City location until November 2017, when the retailer opened a 70,000-sq.-ft. store in Times Square that houses side-by-side Gap and Old Navy flagships.
In November, speaking on the chain’s quarterly conference call, Gap CEO Art Peck said that the company was looking to close hundreds of namesake stores that didn’t fit into its “vision for the future of Gap brand specialty store.”
The apparel retailer will shutter its three-level Gap store at 680 Fifth Avenue (between 53rd and 54th streets) in Manhattan on January 20. It will follow other retail closings on the famed shopping street, including the Lord & Taylor flagship. Henri Bendel is also closing up shop.
Gap opened its Fifth Avenue outpost opened in 1994. It was considered the company’s premier New York City location until November 2017, when the retailer opened a 70,000-sq.-ft. store in Times Square that houses side-by-side Gap and Old Navy flagships.
In November, speaking on the chain’s quarterly conference call, Gap CEO Art Peck said that the company was looking to close hundreds of namesake stores that didn’t fit into its “vision for the future of Gap brand specialty store.”