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Old Navy
American clothing and accessories retailer owned by Gap Inc
Old Navy is an American clothing and accessories retailing company owned by multinational corporationGap Inc.[3] It has corporate operations in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
The largest of the Old Navy stores are its flagship stores, located in New York City, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco, Manila, and Mexico City.
History
In the early 1990s, Dayton-Hudson Corporation (then the parent company of Target, Mervyn's, Dayton's, Hudson's, and Marshall Field's) looked to establish a new division branded as a less expensive version of Gap called Everyday Hero;[4]Gap's then-CEO Millard Drexler responded by opening Gap Warehouse in existing Gap outlet locations in 1993.[5]
On March 11, 1994, Gap Warehouse was renamed Old Navy Clothing Co.
to establish a separate image from its parent company Gap Inc.[4][6] The name was conceived