Banana Republic
This brand makes a separate, cheaper line for outlets and off-price.
Reported Owner from a secondary source, or a register entry whose current status wasn’t checked.
Checked
Ownership
- 1978 Founded
- Now The Gap, Inc. Operating company
- 2026 Checked
- Kind of name
- Runs an outlet lineProduct under this name may be mainline surplus or made-for-outlet. The label tells say how to spot which.
- Market tier
- Contemporary
- Outlet line
- Banana Republic Factory (made-for-outlet line)
- Label tells
- Banana Republic Factory product is a separate made-for-outlet range sold in BR Factory stores; UK retail presence ended with Gap's 2021 UK exit, so UK off-price stock is imported wholesale/overstock.
- Seen at off-price
- Sometimes
- Also appears as
- BR · Banana Republic Factory
Notes
Bought by Gap in 1983; Gap's upscale workwear brand. Factory line tell is from general knowledge of the format; founded year (1978) not confirmed in the opened source.