Gap’s CMO on How the Brand Is Thinking About the Next 50 Years

Alegra O’Hare is turning the company around

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PALM SPRINGS, Calif.— This year marks the 50th anniversary of preppy retailer Gap. For the brand’s next 50 years, CMO and senior vice president Alegra O’Hare wants to take the company from a U.S. retailer to a “globally relevant cultural brand.”

O’Hare, who’s only been on the job for eight months, said on stage at this year’s Brandweek, that the company needs to “change and innovate” and put itself at risk; otherwise, it’ll remain “complacent.”

It’s a bold vision for a brand whose parent company, Gap Inc.,

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