BLOOMINGTON, Minn.- abercrombie and fitch was fined $115,264 for refusing to let a teenager help her autistic sister try on clothes at its Mall of America. The store was found on the charge of discriminating against a disabled person.
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights was satisfied that the Apple Valley family of the disabled teen received settlement after the four years of fighting this case.
The fine was considered a hefty penalty but the Department abercrombie outlet of Human Rights was pleased to finally resolve this case after the retail store refused to apologize for the incident and even questioned the disability of the girl.
Michael K. Browne, the department’s abercrombie legal affairs manager, said the size of the penalty is the largest in at least two years. “We don’t want anything that happened in this case to repeat itself,” Browne said.
2009年10月18日星期日
2009年10月14日星期三
Abercrombie & Fitch Plans Further Price Cuts After 1Q Loss
Reporting a deeper-than-anticipated first-quarter loss, abercrombie and fitch. (ANF) – apparel retailer, which had though reduced its prices during the quarter, but had resisted as drastic price-cuts as the other retailers - intends reviewing its earlier stand with regard to price reductions.
As a result of ANF’s staunch defense of a fundamentally non-promotional approach, it posted a $26.8 million first-quarter loss, in comparison to its year-before income of $62.1 million. The retailer’s gross margin plunged 350 basis points to 63.3 percent, chiefly due to discounting.
The company is now “actively planning for meaningful abercrombie outlet reductions,” particularly at its Hollister and children’s stores, and ongoing clearance events.
Addressing the investors at a conference call, ANF Chairman and CEO Mike Jeffries talked about the company’s “miss” with regard to anticipate some key women’s fashion styles. Jefferies said: “Clearly we missed dresses and clearly we weren't as aggressive with print and pattern as we should have been. We were wrong. I was wrong, and we're correcting as we go forward.”
Talking about the consumers’ reluctance to spend on “premium brands” amid recession, Jefferies said that despite the company Ruehl No.925 taking pride in the quality of its brands and its unique store experience, and not on price; the kind of price-consciousness that has of late been dictating the shoppers’ moves is something that he had not witnessed before.
As a result of ANF’s staunch defense of a fundamentally non-promotional approach, it posted a $26.8 million first-quarter loss, in comparison to its year-before income of $62.1 million. The retailer’s gross margin plunged 350 basis points to 63.3 percent, chiefly due to discounting.
The company is now “actively planning for meaningful abercrombie outlet reductions,” particularly at its Hollister and children’s stores, and ongoing clearance events.
Addressing the investors at a conference call, ANF Chairman and CEO Mike Jeffries talked about the company’s “miss” with regard to anticipate some key women’s fashion styles. Jefferies said: “Clearly we missed dresses and clearly we weren't as aggressive with print and pattern as we should have been. We were wrong. I was wrong, and we're correcting as we go forward.”
Talking about the consumers’ reluctance to spend on “premium brands” amid recession, Jefferies said that despite the company Ruehl No.925 taking pride in the quality of its brands and its unique store experience, and not on price; the kind of price-consciousness that has of late been dictating the shoppers’ moves is something that he had not witnessed before.
2009年10月13日星期二
For those that have never read Abercrombie
Joe abercrombie and fitch first made fame with the book The Blade Itself, book 1 of The First Law Trilogy. From this
series Abercrombie has gained world wide fans for his witty humour, in depth characters with their monologues,
and brutal piece by piece violence.
For those that have never read abercrombie, you will not lose any sleep over not having read the previous
series because this book is completely self enclosed and requires no prior knowledge to be enjoyed. Best Served
Cold employs humour, gore, torture and *cough* romance *cough* all to the extremes. hollister will wow you
with great in depth characters that you will fall in love with, wince at the toture scenes when bits of flesh
are seared away and be absolutely shocked as the pieces of the puzzle fall into place. The other great thing
about this book (if you buy the UK version) is the beautiful cover (First Law covers are also beautiful).
series Abercrombie has gained world wide fans for his witty humour, in depth characters with their monologues,
and brutal piece by piece violence.
For those that have never read abercrombie, you will not lose any sleep over not having read the previous
series because this book is completely self enclosed and requires no prior knowledge to be enjoyed. Best Served
Cold employs humour, gore, torture and *cough* romance *cough* all to the extremes. hollister will wow you
with great in depth characters that you will fall in love with, wince at the toture scenes when bits of flesh
are seared away and be absolutely shocked as the pieces of the puzzle fall into place. The other great thing
about this book (if you buy the UK version) is the beautiful cover (First Law covers are also beautiful).
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