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The upscale retailer of fashionable fitness apparel came through with another monster quarter this morning. Net revenue soared 39% to $212.3 million, backed by strong consumer-direct sales, brisk expansion, and a stunning 20% spike in comparable-store sales. Earnings grew even faster, climbing 76% to $38.4 million.

Some Street-related dispatches from last week's entry in the Human Comedy: Kim Kardashian filed a silly sounding but well-grounded lawsuit against Old Navy's use of a lookalike; gaming magnate Steve Wynn went all FOXNews on a conference call; and Barnes and Noble surged, nonsensically, on Borders' liquidation.

Each year, it seems, the holiday season starts earlier. The decorations, the music, the Black Friday deals. So it makes sense that the finger pointing and accusations that retailers are anti-Christmas starts earlier too. That first shot was fired by the American Family Association, calling for "a...

Get 30% off at Old Navy, Gap, and Banana Republic now through Sunday, Nov. 15, as part of a partnership with Donors Choose, a charity that lets you support specific projects requested by classroom teachers. For every dollar you spend, the retail chain will donate a nickel to Donors Choose. But...

Who says no one wears khakis anymore? Oh, right. I did. Now, thanks to Gap, Vogue, a trio of this-minute designers and a handful of leggy supermodels, I'm eating crow. Gap has unleashed its third annual Design Editions collection, in which the finalists for the Vogue/CFDA award -- a prize that...

Old Navy was the toast of the retail community after its parent company, Gap Inc., reported first-quarter earnings Thursday.Did the cheap-basics chain post a surge in net sales? No. But in this economy, single-digit drops are the new black. And while its more expensive and buttoned-up sisters, Gap...