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Abercrombie & Fitch has offered to pay Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, a cast member on MTV's "Jersey Shore," money to stop wearing its clothes. But does the brand really hate Sorrentino, or is the move simply a way to score a free affiliation with the star?

Abercrombie & Fitch's idealized (and expensive) version of perpetual youth has worn thin among cash-strapped consumers, threatening the company's sales, stock price, and prospects.

Bedbugs are back, and they're worse than ever. While pesticides have kept the pests under control for decades, EPA decisions to ban several classes of chemicals have benefited the bugs. And between lawsuits and pricey eradication, the bloodsuckers are biting Americans in the wallet.

Retailers posted mixed results for June same-store sales, with some big surprises -- Abercrombie & Fitch -- and some major disappointments -- Target. Take a look at the bull and bear arguments for some retail stock picks.

If your dwindling paycheck has you feeling a bit gloomy these days as you struggle to make ends meet, you can always take comfort in knowing that some people are still doing well. Very well indeed. So who's in this group of outliers? Top executives at public companies. Later this week, The...

Overpriced mallrat retailer Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) and overexposed R&B songstress Beyonce may be heading to court in a trademark dispute over perfume. A&F filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ohio, to stop Beyonce from launching a perfume under the name of the...

A London tribunal today ruled that Riam Dean, 22, suffered unlawful harassment when she was an employee at Abercrombie & Fitch. She was awarded $13,256.81, or £8,000 pounds. Dean, who has a prosthetic arm, had sued the company after her store manager allegedly forced her to wear a...

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It hasn't been a fun month, I'd imagine, for anyone with a corner office at Abercrombie & Fitch's rugged New Albany, OH headquarters. The company reported a 22% drop in net sales for May -- and this week, the story of London store employee Riam Dean surfaced. Dean, 22, was allegedly moved from...

Teen apparel purveyors Abercrombie & Fitch and Aeropostale have been a merchandising professor's dream case study of what to do -- and what not to do -- during a recession. Abercrombie & Fitch dragged its feet when it came to cutting prices on its trademark tees and jeans, and teenagers...