
The new CEO of Banana Republic had a big plan to bring in home furnishings to the upscale — but perennially lagard — clothing retailer. Well, it doesn’t seem to have worked out the way she drew it up and now she is out of a job. Proving once again that home fashion is different from apparel fashion. Banana should have understood this: they failed the last time they tried this 20 years ago.
https://businessofhome.com/articles/banana-republic-s-ceo-is-out-will-its-home-line-be-next