Crocosmia. Crocosmia is a small genus of flowering plants in the iris family, Iridaceae. It is native to the grasslands of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. They can be evergreen or deciduous perennials that grow from basal underground corms. The basal, alternate leaves are cauline and distichous.
Largest US online retailers: Amazon, Dell, Office Depot, Staples, HPDirect. Only 9 US retailers boasted yearly online sales of $1 bln and above, Internet Retailer says. Amazon continues as the Internet's largest retailer with 2004 sales of $6.
The company operates six primary divisions: the namesake banner, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Intermix, and Athleta. Gap Inc. is behind Inditex Group and H&M in the total numbers of international locations, however it remains the largest specialty retailer in the United States.As of September 2008, the company has approximately 135,000 employees and operates 3,076 stores worldwide, of which 2,551 are located in the U.S.n October 2011, Gap Inc. announced plans to close 189 US stores, nearly 21 percent, by the end of 2013; however, it also plans to expand its presence in China. The company announced it would open its first stores in Brazil in the Fall of 2013.