Darkbeer
01-22-2004, 12:48 AM
Ex-Disney Executive Moving to Gap (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gap22jan22,1,1020873.story?coll=la-home-business) - Los Angeles Times, 1/22/04
QuikQuote: Harriss is the latest in a string of former Walt Disney Co. employees to join the nation's largest specialty apparel company since Gap hired Pressler as chief executive in September 2002 to keep its turnaround on track. Of the dozen executives now on Gap's top management team, half are former Disney executives.
Some analysts grumbled that Gap now has more than enough former Disney workers prowling the halls of its San Francisco headquarters. "I think it's good to get fresh blood in and shake things up a bit," said Robert Wilson, an analyst with Tiburon Research Group. "But I'm starting to worry that he's going overboard."
QuikQuote: Harriss is the latest in a string of former Walt Disney Co. employees to join the nation's largest specialty apparel company since Gap hired Pressler as chief executive in September 2002 to keep its turnaround on track. Of the dozen executives now on Gap's top management team, half are former Disney executives.
Some analysts grumbled that Gap now has more than enough former Disney workers prowling the halls of its San Francisco headquarters. "I think it's good to get fresh blood in and shake things up a bit," said Robert Wilson, an analyst with Tiburon Research Group. "But I'm starting to worry that he's going overboard."