Update: In the original posting, I suggested Banana Republic had changed its name to BR. It has not. Corrected April 26 @ 8:55 a.m. Everybody talks about it. Many brands claim it, but the precise ...

One in particular stands out: Banana Republic. “Banana republic” was originally coined by the American author O. Henry in a 1904 novel to describe a fictional nation that was poor and ...

By Jordyn Holman Reporting from Banana Republic’s corporate headquarters in San Francisco Inside Banana Republic’s design studio in San Francisco, Sandra Stangl, the company’s chief ...