Khakis Get the Blues

Gap Chief Executive Officer Paul Pressler resigned Monday following a miserable holiday shopping season that hurt the retail chain's fourth-quarter profit.

Paul Sakuma / AP

(3 of 3)

With a company so large, one or two spot-on guesses could quickly usher in a Gap metamorphosis. "If they hit a trend with innovation, Gap has a lot at their disposal," says David Sievers, a principal at Archstone Consulting. Of course, to make that happen, Gap needs to first find one thing: a CEO who really knows fashion. Fast.

Quotes of the Day »

President BARACK OBAMA, at NATO talks involving over 50 world leaders, describing the withdrawal of 130,000 combat troops from Afghanistan, planned for the end of 2014
For use in rail of Articles page or Section Fronts pages. Duplicate and change name as necesssary to distinguish.