Gap (clothing retailer)

Recently, Gap has begun to use celebrity spokesmodels in their television advertisements, including Daft Punk, Madonna, JC Chasez, Missy Elliot, Lenny Kravitz, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tweet, Mary J Blige, and Joss Stone. If the Piraka get their hands on the Mask of Life, then an ancient evil could be awakened... Phantom Planet frontman Alex Greenwald became the popular face of many television commercials for Gap. The Toa Nuva arrive and quickly join up with a small group of Matoran that are opposing the Piraka. In addition to the unique visual elements and the use of popular music, the commercials are also notable for introducing the American public to time slice photography, more commonly known as "bullet-time" in their commercial "Khakis Swing" (a year before the technology would become popularized by The Matrix). Their goal is the powerful Mask of Life that is supposedly somewhere on the island. They introduced the white letterbox format that has become the signature style of their commercials to date. Meanwhile, rogue Dark Hunters called Piraka have come to the island of Voya Nui, pretending to be Toa.

In 1998, Gap commissioned music video director Mike Mills to make a set of visually striking ads to promote their khakis. The Toa Nuva stay there briefly before they are sent on a new quest to keep the Great Spirit Mata Nui from dying. GapMen. The Matoran, Turaga, and Toa Takanuva all return to Metru Nui and repopulate the city under Turaga Dume. The Gap Warehouse (forerunner to Old Navy, which opened in 1994). Here is what we know so far:. GapAccessories. So far, only bits and pieces of information about the Voya Nui storyline have emerged.

Gapmaternity. For a detailed synopsis, see BIONICLE Book 3: Legends. GapBody. before it becomes permanent. babyGap. Now the Toa have to rescue the Matoran and find a cure for their mutation.. GapKids. They return to find the city conquered by hordes of Visorak spiders, who are able to capture them and turn them into monstrous half-beast Toa Hordika.

Gap. Web of Shadows: The Matoran have been captured and the Toa Metru have been forced to flee Metru Nui. See also: statements on social responsibility from Gap. Now the Toa are on the run, and they discover something that will change Metru Nui forever. A settlement of 20 million dollars was reached, but Gap contends that the allegations were without merit, saying that lumping the companies together in one lawsuit was unfair. But Dume declares them imposters and calls for their arrest. The allegations included "off the clock" hours, where workers were not paid for working overtime, unsafe working conditions, and forced abortion policies. Legends of Metru Nui: The Morbuzakh is no more, and the Toa Metru go to present themselves to the city's leader, Turaga Dume.

During the spring of 2003 Gap, along with 21 other companies, was involved in a class action lawsuit filed by sweatshop workers in Saipan. It's up to six brand-new Toa Metru to save the city, if the Vahki order enforcement squads don't stop them first... Gap has received mounting criticism over working conditions in its factories. A number of Matoran have disappeared, and so has the city's protector, Toa Lhikan. Martin, Jorge Montoya, Paul Pressler, James Schneider, Mayo Shattuck, and Margaret Whitman. Stop the Morbuzakh: Metru Nui has been under attack by a plant creature called the Morbuzakh. Fisher, Penelope Hughes, Bob L. And when the Turaga were mere Matoran, chosen to save their people - as Toa...

Fisher, Robert J. When Makuta cast Mata Nui into eternal slumber.. are: Howard Behar, Adrian Bellamy, Domenico De Sole, Donald Fisher, Doris F. The Turaga begin to tell the tales of a thousand years ago, when the Matoran lived in the great city of Metru Nui.. Current members of the board of directors of Gap Inc. For a detailed synopsis, see BIONICLE Book 2: Adventures and see BIONICLE Book 2.5: Adventures. (More Information). If the mask's destined wearer, the Toa of Light, is not found soon, then Makuta's reign may never end.

The chain's selection will be targeted at women older than 35. Makuta immediately unleashes his most destructive weapons, the Rahkshi, in an attempt to retrieve the mask before it can be used against him. In September 2004, Gap announced the launch of a new chain called Forth & Towne; its first location opened on August 24, 2005, in the Palisades Center in West Nyack, New York. Search for the Seventh Toa: The island of Mata Nui is enjoying a time of unparalleled peace when a powerful Kanohi Mask is discovered. In 2004, Gap sold all of its German operations to the Swedish H&M, its main competitor in Europe. And with the Kal stripping the Toa Nuva of their elemental powers, the Toa may not be able to stop the swarms a second time... In the United States the campaign was coordinated by the National Labor Committee. But the threat of the Bohrok is not over: six elite Bohrok called Bohrok-Kal are seeking to free the Bahrag from their prison and unleash the swarms once again.

This acceptance came after an international campaign of media criticism and consumer pressure that was organized in Canada by the Maquila Solidarity Network and the Ontario District Council of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE). Coming of the Kal: In the aftermath of the battle with the Bahrag, the Toa have been transformed into Toa Nuva, more powerful than ever. In December of 1995 Gap became the first major North American retailer to accept independent monitoring of the working conditions in a contract factory producing its garments. The Toa will have to discover the secret of the swarms if they are to save their people from destruction. Old Navy was launched in 1994, as a value chain with a specialty flair. Directed by the Bahrag, Cahdok and Gahdok, the swarms have the mission of reducing the island to bare rock. Banana Republic, formerly a catalog retailer selling safari themed clothing, was purchased by the company in 1983, and eventually was rebranded as an upscale clothing retailer. Beware the Swarms: Makuta has been stopped, but a new threat has arisen: swarms of creatures called Bohrok are rampaging across the island's surface.

The current CEO of Gap is Paul Pressler, who previously ran the Disney theme parks. With the help of the village elders, the Turaga, the Toa must now face their destiny in defeating Makuta and awakening the sleeping Great Spirit. The Fisher family collectively owns about 25% of the company. For a thousand years, the island has been in the dark grip of Makuta, who has been controlling the Rahi wildlife in order to intimidate the native Matoran. Donald Fisher retired as Chairman of the Board in 2004 and was replaced by his son, Robert Fisher. Six Heroes, One Destiny: The story begins with the six Toa arriving on the tropical island of Mata Nui, named after the Great Spirit. had approximately 150,000 employees and operated 3,005 stores worldwide. For a detailed synopsis, see BIONICLE Book 1: Chronicles.

As of April 2, 2005, Gap Inc. 1, #2. [4]. --the Turaga, Bionicle comic series vol. One of the original mottos of the company was "Levi's for Guys and Gals." Around 1982 Gap began focusing on its own private label clothing and by 1991–1992 the company had stopped carrying Levi's. Six heroes with one destiny: to defeat Makuta and save our world.". (The notion that Gap is an acronym for "Gay And Proud" is an urban myth.) [3]) The Fishers had been frustrated with the lack of decent customer service and fashionable styles at other retailers. The Great Beings sent six mighty heroes - the Toa - to Mata Nui.