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Was this place started in 1978 or '69? This article is unclear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.24.26 (talkcontribs) 02:46, 24 November 2006‎

My shirt says Est. 1978. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.131.57.170 (talk) 20:02, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The Gap was established in 1969.

Banana Republic published a magazine called "Trips". How long did it last? I found I had the premier issue, which I think I subscribed to. But don't recall it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.188.33.25 (talk) 16:15, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:BR Jacket 0379.jpg

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I will never shop at BR because the name is offensive 76.192.144.118 (talk) 23:07, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Byword for bourgeois?

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This seems like it may violate NPOV. Is there any citation for this assertion? El Whizzo (talk) 07:47, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology

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Can someone please add in a section or a note or something either confirming or denying its coincidental name with the political science term plzzzz?

Since you ask: I used to shop at the original store, and at the time the clothing was sourced from warehouses full of obsolete military uniforms from countries where there had been a regime change or revolution and of course the despised uniforms of the previous regime were repurposed as fashion items. Anyway, many of the countries were “banana republics” although the really good stuff was from former European colonies in Africa. The name was sort of a joke I was told. This is of course first hand experience and is thus unacceptable for Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.0.12.240 (talk) 03:02, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]


It’s a stupid name. It was stupid ne and now it seems it’s spreading like an infectious disease. I’m going to add a “controversy” topic if I can dig up enough primary sources of their actually being a controversy. NorwichDaemon (talk) 06:00, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New Location

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Thanks to add Paris, France to places where Banana Republic is located. (opened December 2011)

Requested move

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The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: No move. There is no consensus that the title needs additional disambiguation beyond WP:DIFFCAPS to distinguish it. I'll add Banana republic to the hat note to help allay confusion among readers looking for that article. Cúchullain t/c 23:30, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]



Banana RepublicBanana Republic (fashion retailer) – Articles "Banana Republic (with a capital R) and Banana republic with a lowercase R exist. Since this is a conflict in terms of a search, it's time to choose which gets the original and which gets the disambig. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 07:25, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:BD2412, on second thoughts you're right - not because of page views (which you'd expect for an online retailer), but even in Billboard the clothing chain is many x more mentioned that the Boomtown Rats' hit single. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:16, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I understand where you're coming from, but would people really seek that company under the name "Banana Republic"? --BDD (talk) 17:26, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, it's a minor point. It's just a somewhat confusing disambiguator. If I were searching for the retailer, and I typed in "Banana Re"... and up popped "Banana Republic (company)"... well, you're right, it seems unlikely that anyone would actually be confused. Okay, if the closer here sees consensus to move and likes "company", that's fine. Red Slash 03:22, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Requested move 6 June 2018

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The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 12:05, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Banana RepublicBanana Republic (store) – This discussion is to move this page to the proposed location Banana Republic (store), then retarget the leftover redirect Banana Republic to Banana republic, possibly per WP:DIFFCAPS. I am neutral on this move request: See Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 June 6#Banana Republic (store) for the previous discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 16:35, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(Pinging participants from the RfD discussion: Erpert & Thryduulf.) Steel1943 (talk) 16:38, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. The store is by far the primary topic for the capitalised term, and google also suggest it's the primary topic for the phrase with any capitalisation (but this is less clear). WP:SMALLDIFFS makes it clear that differences in capitalisation are acceptable when hatnotes link between them directly or via disambiguation pages, in this case there is a hatnote link to the other capitalisation and a dab page on both titles. Thryduulf (talk) 16:47, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I'm fairly neutral on this. I think one large factor to consider is that use of the term has skyrocketed in the past 16 months in that Donald Trump's presidency has been very frequently been compared to or described as a banana republic, and a lot of people, including younger generations, aren't aware of the meaning of the term beyond the store. Banana republic is of course the PRIMARY term overall, but it's meaning has been usurped in the popular mind for the last 40 years by the stores. What are the policies and guidelines in this sort of situation, given the only difference is capitalization? Softlavender (talk) 01:12, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. The status quo is appropriate here. Rreagan007 (talk) 05:08, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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