They've also struck a deal with a drugstorechain, which uses the data to anticipate when their stores need to stock up on tissues and disinfectant wipes.
Walgreen Co. (NYSE:WAG), the largest drugstorechain in the U.S., and his Alliance Boots announced that they would form a strategic partnership that would likely lead to a merger.
Now, Murphy, a drugstorechain guy of all things before coming to Gap (hardly the pedigree one would have expected after the years, good and bad, of fashion maven Mickey Drexler running Gap), is talking about growth.