3. “In every school there are the
cool and popular kids, and then
there are the not-so-cool kids.
we go after the cool kids
A lot of people don't
belong, and they can't belong.
Are we exclusionary?
Absolutely.“
Mike Jeffries, 2006
16. Sex no longer sell?
• Revenue fall by 2.5% in 2012
• Mike Jeffries’s controversial comments
17.
18.
19. “Abercrombie and Fitch doesn’t
want to create the image that
just anybody, poor people, can
wear their clothing.
Only people of a certain stature
are able to purchase and wear
the company name.”
Mike Jeffries, 2013
20.
21. Sex no longer sell?
•
•
•
•
Revenue fall by 2.5% in 2012
Mike Jeffries’s controversial comments
Certain look and style
Low loyalty young customer
23. Retail Sales Forecasts In 2014 (US $tm)
1.63
0.6
Asia and Australasia
North America
Western
Europe, 2.94
North
America, 4.0
6
Asia and
Australasia,
9.24
Western Europe
Latin America
Middle East and Africa