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A banana republic is a country with an economy of state capitalism, whereby the country is operated as a private commercial enterprise for the exclusive profit of the ruling class. Such exploitation is enabled by collusion between the state and favoured economic monopolies, in which the profit, derived from the private exploitation of public ...
Chiquita Brands International. Entrance façade of the old United Fruit Building at 321 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. The United Fruit Company (later the United Brands Company) was an American multinational corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas) grown on Latin American plantations and sold in the United ...
Gap Inc. The Gap, Inc., [6] commonly known as Gap Inc. or Gap (stylized as GAP), is an American worldwide clothing and accessories retailer. Gap was founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company operates four primary divisions: Gap (the namesake banner), Banana Republic, Old ...
They were the founders of Banana Republic, a clothing and accessory retailer. [1] Alongside William Rosenzweig, they also co-founded The Republic of Tea. They eventually sold both companies. [2] [3] The Zieglers subsequently founded another apparel company, Zoza, [2] [3] [4] but this was shut down in the dot com crash of 2000. [5]
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Although bananas have been planted for thousands of years, the development of an intercontinental trade in bananas had to wait for the convergence of three things: modern rapid shipping (steamships), refrigeration, and railroads. These three factors converged in the Caribbean in the 1870s, and would lead to the development of large-scale banana ...
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Samuel, Jr. Samuel Zemurray (born Schmuel Zmurri; January 18, 1877 – November 30, 1961), nicknamed " Sam the Banana Man ", was an American businessman who made his fortune in the banana trade. He founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company and later became president of the United Fruit Company, the world's most influential fruit company at the time.