While sales of the company's Banana Republic and Gap brands have been falling for some time now, recent declines at Old Navy — the sole bright spot in the past few quarters — pose a bigger headache for the 46 - year old retailer. (entrepreneur.com)
In fact, as the Journal has noted, «The sole bright spot was the performance of Asian - Americans.» (nymag.com)
To illustrate his point, Mr. de Blasio pointed to the victory of Buffalo Democrat Marc Panepinto, who unseated Republican State Senator Mark Grisanti — the sole bright spot for Democrats last night — in spite of GOP efforts to tie him to the liberal mayor. (observer.com)