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News & Analysis

Abercrombie Sales Decline More Than Estimated After Slow Holiday

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., the teen retailer looking for a new chief executive officer, posted a worse fourth-quarter sales decline than expected after struggling to lure customers during the holidays.


Marketing

These Are the Last Abs You'll Ever See at Abercrombie & Fitch

Hoping the shift in marketing would win back teen shoppers, Abercrombie's billboards and website started featuring clothed models instead of bared, tanned, sculpted male torsos.


News & Analysis

Supreme Court Questions Abercrombie Head Scarf Decision

Several U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed support for a Muslim teenager denied a job at Abercrombie & Fitch Co. because of her head scarf, in a case that may put a greater burden on employers to avoid religious discrimination.


Retail

This Supreme Court Case is Uniting Religions Against Abercrombie & Fitch

The EEOC is appealing a lower-court decision that said Abercrombie couldn’t be held liable for rejecting a Muslim job applicant based on her wearing a traditional head covering known as a hijab.



Retail

Abercrombie’s Next CEO Will Have to Revamp Outdated Brand, Again

NEW ALBANY, United States — Abercrombie & Fitch Co., a former purveyor of safari gear that was reborn as a teen clothing chain, is searching for its


Retail

Abercrombie CEO’s Eccentricities Contributed to His Downfall

NEW ALBANY, United States — Mike Jeffries's widely anticipated retirement as Abercrombie & Fitch Co.'s chief executive officer brings to a close the


Retail

Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries to Step Down Immediately

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Chief Executive Officer Mike Jeffries, who turned the retail chain into a hot teen-apparel company in the 1990s before it lost its cachet in recent years, is stepping down.


Financial Markets

Abercrombie Plunges After 3Q Earnings Miss Estimates

NEW YORK, United States – Abercrombie & Fitch Co., the clothing chain struggling to win back once-loyal teen shoppers, fell as much as 14 percent


Retail

Can Teen Retailers Turn Things Around?

It’s no secret that the big three American specialty teen retailers — Abercrombie & Fitch, Aéropostale and American Eagle — are in deep trouble. What can they do to save themselves?