Gap to enter Slovenia, Austria

San Francisco -- Continuing its global growth, Gap Inc. on Monday announced that it will introduce the Gap brand to Slovenia and Austria through agreements with new and existing franchise partners. Magistrat International, a new partner, has been selected for the launch of Slovenia. Gottex, which currently manages the Gap franchise business in Israel and Hungary, will launch Austria.



Gap has signed a new agreement with Magistrat International to open three stores in the capital city of Slovenia, Ljubljana. City Park, Slovenia’s largest shopping center, will be the location for the first two free-standing stores; one for adult and one for kids and baby. The Emporium department store will feature the full collection of mens, womens, kids and baby. All locations are scheduled to open by September this year.



Gap will open its first store in Vienna, Austria this October. The free-standing location will be located at the Donauzentrum Mall.



“Gap is known all over the world and we have grown our store presence significantly in recent years to help bring our casual style to more and more customers. We launched into five new markets last year; Hungary, Paraguay Peru, Brazil and Costa Rica, and with the opening of stores in Slovenia and Austria we now bring our iconic brand to customers through stores in almost 50 countries,” said Gap brand president, Steve Sunnucks.