Kanye West, now known as Ye, has partnered with luxury label Balenciaga on a Yeezy collection that will be available at Gap Inc. GPS, -2.37%. Few details are available about the line, called Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga. But the collection is expected in 2022, along with additional Yeezy launches. Ye’s partnership has created excitement for Gap, but the retailer’s most recent earnings report showed the company took a big hit from global supply chain disruptions. Gap stock has dropped 13.7% over the last year while the S&P 500 index SPX, -0.41% has gained 23.5% over the period.

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Tonya Garcia is a MarketWatch reporter covering retail and consumer-oriented companies. You can follow her on Twitter @tgarcianyc. She is based in New York. Tonya joined MarketWatch from Moguldom Media, where she was business editor for MadameNoire, a website targeting African-American women with a range of content from personal finance to economics, politics, education and lifestyle and entertainment. She also worked at Mediabistro, and previously handled media relations for MSLGroup’s consumer practice.