TheFindGreen Teams Up with Eco-Friendly Fashion Brand Evidence of Evolution

The Find green is a search engine who can help you to find easier clothes or any other eco-friendly object in fashion. Today TheFindGreen announced that will sponsor one fashion show froms Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios in Los Angeles, the show of Evidence of Evolution.

TheFindGreen, the leading shopping search engine and web destination for discovering eco-conscious fashion and lifestyle goods, today announced that it will sponsor the Evidence of Evolution www.evidenceofevolution.com fashion show to be held this evening as part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios in Los Angeles.

Evidence of Evolution designers Ali Alborzi and Andrew McCarthy will debut their Spring/Summer 2008 Green Collection for men and women, with all fabric and processes in creating the collection adhering to eco-friendly practices. TheFindGreen consumers will be able to access the line through www.thefindgreen.com by December 2007.

Evidence of Evolution, chosen as the Mercedes-Benz "Designer Presents" show of the week, will tonight launch its latest collection, Evidence of Evolution Green. The line was developed using low-impact dyes and no VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) water-based paints for silk screening. It adheres to Carbon Free Business practices to offset its carbon footprint and utilizes local artisans for its crafting. TheFindGreen, launched in September 2007 by TheFind Inc., is a shopping search engine entirely devoted to the discovery of green-friendly fashion, home, and lifestyle products, all developed through processes and practices that contribute to the preservation of the earth's natural resources. Already offering 300,000 products from 1,200 online stores, TheFindGreen caters to the rapidly growing consumer preference to support those companies that are eco-conscious. "Evidence of Evolution is precisely the type of brand that shoppers are seeking when using TheFindGreen," said Larisa Hall, Vice President of Marketing for TheFind, Inc.

"As an ever-growing number of shoppers are making buying decisions based upon eco-friendly processes and products, TheFindGreen has stepped in to develop a site that finds them all in one place. A hip, highly fashionable, sought-after clothing line that is committed to the environment is a perfect fit for our green product search engine."

"We are delighted to have TheFindGreen support the debut of our Evidence of Evolution Green collection," said Ali Alborzi, co-designer of Evidence of Evolution. "It's wonderful to see more and more lifestyle companies working together to preserve and conserve the environment." The Evidence of Evolution private fashion presentation will be held at 7:00 p.m. PST at Smashbox Studios in Culver City, CA. Expected attendees include Christina Aguilera, Adrian Grenier, Vincent Gallo, Josie Maran and others. To discover eco-friendly products on TheFindGreen, please visitwww.thefindgreen.com. For more information on Evidence of Evolution, please visit www.evidenceofevolution.com .

About TheFind,

Inc. TheFind, Inc. offers the leading shopping search engine that delivers comprehensive, authentic and visually compelling results for products across the lifestyle goods category. The find.com family includes leading fashion shopping website glimpse.com, which specifically caters to fashion-savvy shoppers searching for the latest trends and hottest apparel products, and thefindgreen.com, which finds organic brands, green stores and environmentally-friendly products all in one place. From the most popular e-commerce sites to the most unique, hard-to-find brands, thefind.com uniquely crawls the entire Web to find more than 190 million products from more than 500,000 stores.

By using its patent-pending "product ranking" technology, thefind.com displays the best-selling products, styles, brands and stores for any shopping search right on the first page of results - saving consumers time and money. Thefind.Com, headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is backed by leading investors Bain Capital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. For more information, visit www.thefind.com. Green Shopping Search Engine Sponsors Premier LA Fashion Week

Show; Will Offer Designer Brand On Website By December 2007

Source: PRInsider

Great Clips will open the first brand salon in Ontario

This winter in Ontario will appear Great Clips, one of the largest brand salon. The salon will be the first salon in the area of Toronto.

Great Clips Press Release:

North America's largest single-brand salon, Great Clips, is pleased to announce it will be coming to Oakville,Ontario this winter. While there are more than 2,600 Great Clips salonst hroughout North America, this will be the first Great Clips salon in theToronto area.

The walk-in, no-appointment salon is expected to open by the end of theyear at the Shoppes on Dundas at Dundas Street East and Prince Michael Drive.Oakville's first Great Clips franchisees are Anne Marie Brereton and AndresBasanta of Cambridge, Ontario.

The husband and wife team decided three years ago that they wereinterested in investing in a business. "We specifically wanted an opportunitythat would provide significant investment and still allow us to continue withour current careers." After careful research, the duo found that the GreatClips model matched their entrepreneurial plans.

Ranked the 23rd fastest-growing franchise by Entrepreneur Magazine in2007, Great Clips is consistently ranked as one of the top franchiseopportunities. Over 65 percent of Great Clips franchise owners reinvest in thebrand by opening more than one salon; Brereton and Basanta plan to followsuit. With plans to open five additional salons in the Toronto and Hamiltonarea in the next three years, they're looking forward to bringing Great Clipsto neighborhoods throughout the city. "We're just getting started," Basantasays.

Elsewhere in Canada, Great Clips has salon locations in Calgary, Edmontonand Vancouver.

About Great Clips, Inc.

Great Clips, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., is NorthAmerica's largest franchisor under one brand in the $55 billion-a-year haircare industry. Established in 1982, Great Clips perfected a system fordelivering competitively priced, high quality haircuts to men, women andchildren in a no-appointment atmosphere.

The company began franchising in1983, and today, more than 2,600 Great Clips salons operate in more than 130markets across the U.S. and Canada. Great Clips salons are open evenings andweekends.

Source: Canadian Newswire

Maybelline New York Signs German Super Model, Julia Stegner

The super model Julia Stegner will be the new image of Maybelline!

Maybelline Press Release:

Maybelline New York Worldwide announced today that Julia Stegner, the stunning German supermodel and media star, has become Maybelline's newest spokesperson. She joins Maybelline New York's prestigious roster of A-list celebrities including Christy Turlington, Erin Wasson, Adriana Lima, and Zhang Ziyi.

In true fairy tale fashion, Julia was discovered in 1999 by a modeling agency in Munich while she was still in high school. During a trip to Paris with her mother after graduation, Julia met with major fashion houses whoconvinced her to pursue a full time modeling career. After opening theAutumn/Winter Yves Saint Laurent show in Paris in 2003, she went on toshoot their campaign. Shortly afterwards, she shot the cover of ItalianVogue with the immensely talented Steven Meisel. Julia quickly became asought after model, gracing, one after the other, the covers of countlessprestigious magazines including Italian Vogue, French Vogue, Japanese Vogue, German Elle and I-D Magazine to name only a few. Always close to herfamily and friends in Munich, she maintained her home base in Germany andtraveled frequently for work.

During her visits to New York she grew tolove the city and moved there two years into her career. Julia is a perfect addition to Maybelline New York's amazing team ofspokesmodels: incredibly fresh, beautiful and cosmopolitan, she is alsovery smart, well-spoken and involved. In May 2006 Julia traveled to SierraLeone as a good-will ambassador for Unicef. Her trip was documented byGerman Vogue in order to help raise awareness for the cause. Juliacontinues to remain involved with Unicef and plans to deepen herinvolvement to raise money for children in need.

"We are thrilled to have Julia Stegner join our Maybelline New Yorkfamily of spokespeople," says Cheryl Vitali, Senior Vice President -Marketing, Maybelline New York * GARNIER. "Julia embodies the spirited,confident energy that is Maybelline New York. We're looking forward toworking with her on many campaigns for the brand."

Julia is extremely excited to be joining Maybelline New York because ofher early memories of the brand as one represented by super models andwhich made some of the first cosmetic products she ever used. "Growing up Ialways used Maybelline products. My first mascara was Great Lash which wasa favorite of all of my friends at the time and which I am still usingtoday." Julia is honored to become part of the brand legacy and to be a"Maybelline girl".

When she is not traveling the world for work or charitableinvolvements, Julia can be spotted playing basketball, her favorite sport,on the outdoor courts in New York, or riding her bicycle in her EastVillage neighborhood. Julia has also appeared in campaigns for Ralph Lauren, Hugo Boss, Dolce& Gabbana and many others. She has also collaborated with the world's mostrenowned fashion photographers including Mario Testino, PatrickDemarchelier, Peter Lindbergh, Craig McDean, Inez and Vinoodh, StevenKlein, Mert and Marcus, and David Sims. Julia will make her sensational television and print debut forMaybelline New York in February 2008.

About Maybelline New York

Maybelline New York is the number one cosmetic brand in the U.S. andglobally and is available in over 90 countries worldwide. Offering morethan 200 products, Maybelline New York combines technologically advancedformulations with on trend expertise to create accessible cosmetics with acool, urban edge. For more information, log on towww.maybelline.Com forthe latest news on product introductions, seasonal trends and advice fromMaybelline New York's online beauty advisor.

Source: Maybelline

Gap and Banana Republic expand international presence with franchise in Philippines

Gap announced today that by 2012 will introduce, in franchise, the Gap and Banana Republic brands in Philippines. The two brands will become partners in order to better expend them products and presence on the international market.

Gap Inc. Press Release:

Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) today announced a
franchise agreement to introduce the Gap and Banana Republic brands to the
Philippines. Over the next five years, Gap Inc.'s franchise partner – Rustan Group of Companies - plans to open a combined total of approximately eight Gap stores and four Banana Republic stores throughout the Philippines.

The first Gap store is expected to open by the end of this year, and the first Banana Republic stores by spring 2008. All stores are scheduled to be open by 2012.

"The Philippines represents a natural market for Gap Inc. to expand its
international presence," said Ron Young, senior vice president of
international strategic alliances for Gap Inc. "The country has a strong,
steadily growing economy, and consumers in this market have a great interest in iconic apparel brands such as ours."

Gap Inc. will leverage the Rustan Group's local operational expertise,
and will provide access to Gap and Banana Republic's clothing and accessories.

In addition, the Rustan Group of Companies will hold exclusive rights to
operate Gap and Banana Republic stores in the Philippines, will purchase
merchandise from Gap Inc. or suppliers designated by Gap Inc., and must adhere to Gap Inc.'s quality standards to preserve the reputation of the Gap and Banana Republic brands.

"We're pleased to have forged a relationship with such an excellent local partner," continued Mr. Young. "In addition to strong operational expertise and a deep understanding of their local customer base, the Rustan Group of Companies has a track record of successfully introducing well-known fashion and apparel brands to international markets."

Gap Inc. directly operates Gap brand stores in six countries and Banana
Republic stores in three countries. Today's announcement follows
previously-announced franchise agreements to open Gap and Banana Republic
stores in Bahrain, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Singapore, South Korea, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the safe
harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than those that are purely historical are forward-looking statements. Words such as "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "intend," "plan," and similar expressions also identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the timing and number of stores that are expected to open pursuant to the announced franchise agreement.

Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.

These factors include, without limitation, the following: the risk that our franchisee will be unable to successfully open, operate and grow the number of Gap and/or Banana Republic branded apparel and accessories stores planned for the Philippines; the risk that the company will be unsuccessful in gauging fashion trends and changing consumer preferences; the highly competitive nature of the company's business in the U.S. and internationally and its dependence on consumer spending patterns, which are influenced by numerous other factors; the risk that the company will be unsuccessful in implementing its strategic, operating and people initiatives; the risk that trade matters, events causing disruptions in product shipments from China and other foreign countries, or IT systems changes may disrupt the company's supply chain or operations; and the risk that the company will not be successful in defending various proceedings, lawsuits, disputes, claims, and audits; any of which could impact net sales, costs and expenses, and/or planned strategies.

Additional information regarding factors that could cause results to differ can be found in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2007. Readers should also consult the company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 4, 2007.

These forward-looking statements are based on information as of October
9, 2007, and the company assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise
its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes make it
clear that any projected results expressed or implied therein will not be
realized.

About Gap Inc.

Gap Inc. is a leading international specialty retailer offering clothing,
accessories and personal care products for men, women, children and babies
under the Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and Piperlime brand names. Fiscal
2006 sales were $15.9 billion. Gap Inc. operates more than 3,100 stores in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Ireland and Japan. In addition, Gap Inc. is expanding its international presence with franchise agreements for Gap and Banana Republic in Asia and the Middle East. For more information, please visit gapinc.com.


For further information: Gap Inc. Investor Relations: Evan Price,
415-427-2161 or Media Relations: Greg Rossiter, 415-427-2360 Robin Carr,
415-427-2864
Source : Gap Inc.