Kanye West to end contract with Gap after two years

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Kanye West is ending his relationship with the Gap after two years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An attorney for West&comma; who goes by Ye&comma; told The Associated Press that a letter has been sent to the clothing chain seeking to terminate the contract between Gap and West’s company&comma; Yeezy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The clash comes a little over a year after Yeezy’s first item— a blue puffer jacket — appeared in Gap stores&period; The deal was announced in June 2020 to much fanfare&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the letter that West’s lawyer shared with AP on Thursday&comma; it said that Gap failed to meet obligations in the pact&comma; including distributing merchandise to Gap store locations and creating dedicated YZY Gap stores&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Gap left Ye no choice but to terminate their collaboration agreement because of Gap’s substantial noncompliance&comma;” said Nicholas Gravante&comma; West’s attorney with Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft&comma; in an emailed statement to the AP&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ye had diligently tried to work through these issues with Gap both directly and through counsel&period; He has gotten nowhere&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Gravante said that Gap’s failure to comply with the terms of the contract has been costly&period; He said West plans to begin opening Yeezy retail stores&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Gap confirmed that the pact was ending in a memo to its employees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Simply put… while we share a vision of bringing high-quality&comma; trend-forward&comma; utilitarian design to all people through unique omni experiences with Yeezy Gap&comma; how we work together to deliver this vision is not aligned&comma;” Mark Breitbard&comma; president and chief executive of Gap Brand told employees in the memo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And we are deciding to wind down the partnership&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CiibMssrB4n" data-captioned layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600"><button overflow type&equals;"button">See more<&sol;button><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company plans to continue to sell the Yeezy Gap products that were in the pipeline&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>West has unleashed criticism on social media against Gap as well as Adidas AG&comma; where he has a similar deal&period; Adidas declined to comment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The San Francisco retailer had been hoping the partnership with West would resonate with customers in a period of declining sales&period; 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