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Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is how Marisa Miller sells motorcycles. Photo: Courtesy of Harley Davidson • Abercrombie & Fitch sales dropped 14 percent yesterday, and the company saw its shares fall 14.8 percent in September. Don't look so surprised. [ WWD ] • Karl Lagerfeld has officially become a proper noun in the French dictionary, Le Petit Larousse Illustre . He also illustrated this year's cover. [...
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World Economy & Development (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
By Heather Burke Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and TJX Cos. declined in New York trading after saying profits would be lower than they expected as September sales fell because of sluggish consumer spending. Gap Inc., the largest U.S. apparel retailer, said today that September same-store sales dropped 11 percent, including a 24 percent plunge at its Old Navy chain. The results,...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Abercrombie & Fitch said Thursday that its September sales at stores open more than a year fell 14%. Analysts, on average, had expected same-store sales to fall 8.1%, according to Thomson Reuters. Total sales for the five weeks ended Oct. 6 fell 7% to $275 million. The company said it expects the current trend to last through the fourth quarter and said it sees third-quarter...
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Campaign for the American Reader (Free subscription) | yesterday
The current featured contributor to Writers Read: Joe Abercrombie, author of the First Law Trilogy: The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged and Last Argument of Kings. His entry begins:Over the last couple of weeks - in an airport, on a flight, and standing on the stairs for an hour this evening - I have been reading an exciting first novel that has set its genre aflame, called The Blade
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The Business First of Columbus (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Another month of lagging sales at Central Ohio’s two largest apparel retailers has one poised to change profit expectations for the rest of the fiscal year. (LTD) (ANF)
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
FP Trading Desk submits: Who will win the teen fashion turf war? Analyst Paul LeJuez of Credit Suisse has placed his bets on Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF), saying it comes out ahead of rival American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) because the former appears to be weighted down more substantially by pessimistic stock assumptions, even though both look like a cheap buy on common value metrics such as...
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
... I have encountered through the years.Person you most admire and why: My parents, Ronnie and Betty Abercrombie, for all the support and encouragement they have given me throughout my life. They have taught me lots of life's lessons, including to always be nice, nothing comes easy and you have to work hard to achieve your goals.Full-time public- and private-school teachers in Lake County are...
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The Pacific Business News (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Hawaii Democrats Neil Abercrombie and Mazie Hirono both voted in favor of the $700-billion financial services bailout plan on Friday.
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Disappeared News (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
by Larry Geller Today's bill seems basically the same as the one our congresspeople correctly voted down earlier. Hawaii's two congressional representatives on Monday voted against the $700 billion bailout bill. U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie said his constituents did not want the plan. He said that he received nearly 1,500 e-mails, faxes and phone calls from Hawaii residents against the plan. "...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Retail shares headed lower Thursday as retailers from Gap Inc. to Abercrombie & Fitch Co. reported disappointing September same-store sales, in another sign that consumers are under stress. The S&P Retail Index fell 0.2% to 300.19. Abercrombie & Fitch shares dropped 7.7% after the company reported bigger-than-expected drop in September and said profit for the...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gap Inc., the largest U.S. apparel retailer, said yesterday that September sales had dropped 11 percent, including a 24 percent plunge at its Old Navy chain. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and the TJX Cos. Inc. also posted declines, saying profits would be lower than they expected.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
US clothing retailers have been hit by the credit crisis and wider economic slowdown with September sales down sharply at chains including Abercrombie ? Fitch and Gap.
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The Retail Email Blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
A look back on seasonal trends, email activity and standout B2C marketing: Start to finish: The first reference to back to school was on June 25 by Abercrombie & Fitch. The final reference was on Sept. 22 from Buy.com. The distribution curve: The biggest day for back to school emails was Sunday, Aug. 8, followed by Sunday, Aug. 10. Retailers sent the majority of their back to school-themed...
