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Drexler: Gap prepared a contingency bankruptcy plan during early turnaround
“We were talking about, it was a year and a half, we were in Carmel, and we're sitting there, we come up with a kind of a bankruptcy plan.”
Mickey Drexler Feb 4, 2025 ▶ 10:08 Mickey Drexler: The Art of Selling with Retail's Merchant Prince
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Drexler: Steve Jobs traded a Gap board seat for Apple board membership
“And he called me one day, and he said, I'll join the Gap Board if you join my board. Deal.”
Mickey Drexler Feb 4, 2025 ▶ 27:47 Mickey Drexler: The Art of Selling with Retail's Merchant Prince
Assertion Partly supported
Drexler advised Steve Jobs to build a prototype Apple Store warehouse
“Well, you know, I designed the first store with him, because he designed an ugly store, and I, we went in, and I told him, get a warehouse. Build a store so we can design it together.”
Mickey Drexler Feb 4, 2025 ▶ 31:53 Mickey Drexler: The Art of Selling with Retail's Merchant Prince
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Drexler: TJ Maxx is the largest customer of most apparel brands
“They're the biggest customers of most brands.”
Mickey Drexler Feb 4, 2025 ▶ 18:59 Mickey Drexler: The Art of Selling with Retail's Merchant Prince
Assertion Supported
Drexler: Gap stock dropped around 50% during his first turnaround year
“The stock dropped probably 50%.”
Mickey Drexler Feb 4, 2025 ▶ 9:56 Mickey Drexler: The Art of Selling with Retail's Merchant Prince
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Drexler placed 'Keep It Simple' signs on every Gap desk
“My first week at The Gap, I put up signs, keep it simple, I took out the stupid. Every desk in the corporation.”
Mickey Drexler Feb 4, 2025 ▶ 24:59 Mickey Drexler: The Art of Selling with Retail's Merchant Prince
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