Gap Inc. said late Thursday it no longer plans to spin off its Old Navy brand, saying the "cost and complexity" of the separation limited the creation of "appropriate value" from the split. The process of preparing the spinoff shone a light onto operational problems and areas for improvement, the company said. "We have learned a lot and intend to operate Gap Inc. in a more rigorous and transformational manner that empowers our growth brands, Old Navy and Athleta, and appropriately focuses on profitability for Banana Republic and Gap brand," interim Chief Executive Robert Fisher said in a statement. Gap plans to appoint a new CEO overseeing all brands, the company said. In the same statement, Gap said it expects fiscal 2019 same-store sales and net sales to at the higher end of a previous guidance between down mid-single digits and down low-single digits. Thanks to better-than-expected promotional levels over the holiday period, particularly at Old Navy, Gap forecast adjusted fiscal year 2019 earnings per share to be "moderately above" a previous guidance between $1.70 and $1.75. Shares of Gap rose 9% in the extended session Thursday after ending the regular trading day up 3.9%.
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