Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
Your first question comes from Dana Cohen - Banc of America Securities.
Dana Cohen - Banc of America Securities
Glenn, welcome. By all accounts you could have taken a lot of positions and I guess I am intrigued by what attracted you to the Gap? Since there are a lot of mountains to climb out there in retail, what attracted you to this one?
Glenn Murphy
I guess first and foremost I was looking for a great opportunity with a brand, and obviously in this business there are three outstanding brands, and also a customer-facing challenge that had an international component to it, and when I put in both of those together, and you're very kind to say that I had a number of different options. There may have been a few, but for the minute that this became a possibility for me, this was the one I clearly was focused on.
Operator
Your next question comes from John Morris - Wachovia Securities.
John Morris - Wachovia Securities
On the $100 million in cost savings you've detailed for us, you have referred to the bulk of the workforce reduction as now complete. Do you foresee additional cost savings on top of the $100 million to come that might be beyond the workforce reductions? What areas would those be in generally? With respect to the eliminated functions that have occurred, excluding Forth & Towne, what are the functions? What kind of information can you give us about those positions that you have eliminated so that we understand that it is not cutting into the bone so to speak? Thank you.
Byron Pollitt
You bet, John. We do consider the focus on head count reductions as the first area of primary focus, but there will be other areas. You may recall in my remarks I mentioned that we are also focused on reducing corporate office space, specifically we are targeting a reduction to be implemented this year of approximately 380,000 square feet and we will be reporting out on this activity as well as other related cost productivity savings in future earnings calls, so on that note stay tuned.
With regards to the type of reductions we've made, excluding Forth & Towne, we mentioned that we were reducing 1,600 positions. What I can tell you is that the leveling of these positions range from entry level all the way up to very senior executive levels. We've had a strong focus on tightening our spans of control, and that these areas, roughly two-thirds of these reductions have been in areas unrelated to stores. On those reductions that have impacted the stores, these are all related to store management, so they are not the individuals that most directly touch the customer service proposition in our store units.
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