Yahoo Finance PHOTO RELEASE: ATHLETA OPENS SECOND COMPANY-OPERATED CANADIAN STORE IN TORONTO
BRAND ANNOUNCES TORONTO SIX AS FIRST TEAM SPONSORSHIP IN CANADA
Athleta, Now Open In Toronto
Athleta’s MB Laughton, President & CEO and Kyle Andrew, Chief Brand Officer and Toronto Six Professional Hockey Players, Saroya Tinker and Taylor Woods Gather to Celebrate the Opening of Athleta’s Second Canadian Store in Toronto. Athleta’s sponsorship of Toronto Six marks the team’s biggest sponsor to date.
Toronto, Nov. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WHAT: Athleta, part of San Francisco-based Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS), held a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil its new 4,800-square-foot retail store at Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto. The new Yorkdale store is Athleta’s second company-operated Canadian location opened over the past two months, advancing the brand towards its goal to reach two billion dollars in net sales by 2023.
In alignment with the brand’s mission to empower women and girls, Athleta will also announce its new partnership with the Toronto Six, Canada’s only professional women’s sports team, at the grand opening event.
WHO: The grand opening was hosted by:
MB Laughton, Athleta President & CEO
Kyle Andrew, Athleta Chief Brand Officer
Digit Murphy, Toronto Six President
Saroya Tinker & Taylor Woods, Toronto Six players
Jane McKenna, MPP, Associate Minister of Children and Women’s Issues
WHEN: Occurred Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, 10:00 a.m. ET
WHERE: Athleta, Yorkdale Shopping Centre, 3401 Dufferin St., Toronto
CONTACT: Zoey Fiksel, zoey_fiksel@gap.com 416-728-0209
ABOUT ATHLETA: A certified B Corporation, Athleta is a performance lifestyle brand with a mission of empowering a community of active women and girls. Athleta's versatile premium performance lifestyle apparel is designed by women for women with inclusivity at its core. Founded in 1998, Athleta integrates performance and technical features across its collection to support women across their entire lifestyle – from yoga and training to travel and sleep. In 2016, the company launched Athleta Girl mirroring its signature performance in styles for the next generation. Based in San Francisco, CA and a Gap Inc. brand (NYSE: GPS), Athleta apparel is available at its over 200 retail stores across the United States, through its catalog, and at Athleta.com.
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CONTACT: Zoey Fiksel Athleta zoey_fiksel@gap.com
