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Vietnam's medal winning hopes are being pinned on Asian gold medallists Vo Thanh Tung and Nguyen Thanh Trung for swimming, said the administration.
The Gap Japan flagship shop is pictured in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on March 3
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New York - Retail group Gap Inc. said Thursday it would shutter 75 stores this year amid sagging sales, including 53 of its kids-focused Old Navy brand outlets in Japan.
Announcing a fall in first quarter earnings, the San Francisco-based retailer also warned that its might not achieve previous earnings forecasts for this year given the headwinds buffeting the apparel industry.
"Old Navy will strategically shift its focus to markets most favorable to the brand's growth
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It pointed to the US and Mexican markets as well as China as its focus for Old navy, its lowest-priced brand.
But it said that Japan "remains an important market" with the continued presence of more than 200 Gap and Banana Republic stores.
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Like many of its competitors, the company has been hit by shifting tastes and slower consumer spending worldwide, as well as competition from online fashion retailers.
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"By taking every opportunity to exploit our strategic advantages, our brands will be able to more fully harness the power of the enterprise to better serve their customers across channels and geographies."
Gap Inc. global net sales at $3.44 billion were down 6.0 percent in the first quarter
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Net income came in at $127 million, down 47 percent from a year ago
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That helped boost its share price 2.7 percent in after-hours trade to $17.28.
Shares though remained well below the high this year just over $30 a share in March.
BRASILIA， June 20 (Xinhua) -- Tickets for the Olympic Games 2016， to be held in Rio de Janeiro in August， went on sale at box offices in shopping centers in the host city on Monday.
Prior to Monday， tickets had only been sold online via the sporting event's official website， according to national daily O Globo.
The first two ticket booths have been set up in the Leblon Shopping Center in the south and the Via Parque Shopping Center in the west， according to the daily.
These box offices work both for selling tickets and also for cancelling tickets bought online.
However， tickets bought at these fixed ticket booths will not have the same artwork as the tickets that are bought online. The design of the online tickets vary depending on th.