On October 10, 2010 I embark on a 2 month trip to Beijing to open up THE FIRST Gap store in China. I will be part of the Beijing team in Chaobei Joy City, a large scale regional shopping center. By the end of 2010 there we will have 4 Gaps opened, 2 in Beijing and 2 in Shanghai.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

1 Day before opening

Two days before opening we were in a state of panic.
A bunch of us worked the morning shift and ended up coming back for the overnight shift, which really f'ed up night before having to fly out to Hong Kong. Sadly I will not get to be there for the Soft Opening, but I know they will do great!

Here are some pictures after a long and grueling night...

1969 Store front windows


Toddler - The Japan team worked for seriously 20 hours straight!!!


Adult Runway


Escalators - going down!


Gap takes up almost the whole side of the building!


Girls Shop 2


Kids & Baby POV


Kids Denim Shop


Men's Shop 2


Adult cashwrap and center statement - still a work in progress


Infant & Newborn Shop


OVER FILLED STOCK ROOM!


Our Lundies and our make-shift lundies


Guards and the Gap

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2 comments:

  1. LMRNovember 8, 2010 at 5:49 AM

    Good to know backrooms look like hell all over the world! :)

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  2. IreneNguyenNovember 9, 2010 at 5:07 AM

    Lisa - we are housing 64,000 units, but I have a feeling its actually a lot more.

    Backstock and pre-retailing was pretty hellish.

    I'm sure it's not that much better back home :/

    p.s. how are you? still a madwoman?

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