On Aug. 15, 2023, Bloomberg Law reported that a federal judge in New York rejected a dismissal effort by Gap Inc., Banana Republic LLC and three leaders. Former managers Desa Emanuel and Lacrena Taylor alleged race discrimination and retaliation; the companies argued they had not shown race-based discrimination. The court found they sufficiently alleged a similarly situated white manager was treated differently.
Gap Inc., Banana Republic LLC, and three company leaders must face a lawsuit brought by two former managers who alleged race discrimination and termination in retaliation for complaining about derogatory comments.
A proposed class action filed in Florida alleged that Banana Republic, Old Navy and NortonLifeLock intercepted information about website visitors without their knowledge or permission, violating the Florida Security of Communications Act. The supplied report does not give a filing date or any outcome.
By Nathan Hale ( March 15, 2021, 8:17 PM EDT) -- Banana Republic, Old Navy and NortonLifeLock have been hit with proposed class actions claiming they violated the Florida Security of Communications Act by intercepting information about visitors to their websites without their knowledge or permission....
In November 2017, 19-year-old Destiny Tompkins sued Banana Republic for $1 million, alleging a white manager called her box braids “unkempt” and “too urban” and threatened not to schedule her unless she removed them. The report said the company fired the manager after her post went viral; Tompkins alleged a regional manager faced no consequences.
Tompkins, who is black, is suing the company in a discrimination lawsuit after her manager, who is white, told her the box braids she was wearing were “unkempt” and too “urban” for the company image and said he wouldn’t schedule her further if she didn’t take them out.
OpenSecrets’ archived profile lists $16,130 in contributions for Banana Republic in the 2020 election cycle: $14,337 to Democrats and $1,664 to Republicans. It attributes the reported contributions to individuals, with none listed from PACs. The profile notes figures reflect reported contributions of $200 or more and that cycles cover two-year periods.