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| 6:00PM 8/17/2011
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?
| 5:45PM 8/13/2009
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...
| 12:00PM 7/01/2009
Welcome to WalletPop's Consumer Ally, where we are on your side -- to help resolve difficult situations, explain why things happen the way they do and to try to right wrongs. If you're having a problem with a business, please send a note to ConsumerAlly@WalletPop.com. Q. My daughter's friend...
| 12:00PM 6/26/2009
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...
| 12:00PM 6/21/2009
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...
| 3:00PM 5/27/2009
It's a phrase the millions of kids still locked in their classrooms for another few weeks certainly don't want to hear -- but it's already weighing heavy on the minds of retail executives.Back to school.The pre-September rush was front and center when teen-friendly mall staples Abercrombie and...
| 5:30PM 5/11/2009
My cousin's 16-year-old daughter is crazy for Hollister, a brand of casual "surf-style" clothes. To this New Hampshire teen, the shorts and hoodies she covets summon up a kind of laid-back, sun-kissed lifestyle (complete with laid-back, sun-kissed boys), that she can only dream of. I had to laugh....