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 ...

Sandra Stangl is out at Banana Republic. She had been CEO since 2020, when she came in as an expert in home goods. She came from the furniture start-up Mine and developed a new furniture concept ...