Abercrombie and Fitch News

U.S. retail chains reported October sales that rebounded from the lows of a year ago but many failed to surpass Wall Street's boosted expectations as consumers spend selectively headed into the holiday season.

By Debra Hazel Costco NEW YORK CITY-In a sign of a continuing retail recovery, October 2009 U.S. comparable-store sales rose by 2.1% from the same month of 2008, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers Chain Store Sales Index.

LIKE ITS MERCHANDISE, shares of Abercrombie & Fitch aren't cheap. Amid hopes that better days are ahead for the teen retailer -- famed for high prices and risque ads featuring scantily clad models -- the stock price has doubled since the stock market began rebounding in early March despite crumbling sales and profits.

U.S. Market Stocks surged this morning as the market cheered productivity data, initial unemployment claims, earnings and same-store sales results.

What do Zoolander , Bruno , and eBay have in common? If your answer is "they have all lampooned the fashion industry," sashay on down the catwalk and collect a prize.

Saks Inc. said Thursday sales at stores open at least a year rose 0.7 percent in October, beating analyst estimates of a decline.

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There will soon be a new teen retailer on the trading block. Rue21 is planning on raising $115 million by offering about 6.8 million shares, priced at $16 to $18 a share, in its initial public offering.

In the past few months it has more sales plan and low prices, but the entry-level sales are still expected to sink in August 2nd quarter.

I love shopping for jeans, especially ones with rhinestones or emblems. My jeans take up one whole side of my closet.

Update : Crumblish won the individual TAPPS 3A state title Saturday, running a 12:58. She took the lead toward the end of the race and won by 11 seconds.

A recent ad for "Male Greeters" at a Gilly Hicks store, an Abercrombie & Fitch brand, stated that applicants "must have that great Abercrombie look!" But what exactly is that "great Abercrombie look?" Good question.

Somewhere on the way to today's multiplex, the traditional horror-movie vampire received an extreme makeover.Max Schreck's Count Orlok of 1922's "Nosferatu" -- bald, hunched, with claw-like hands, bug eyes and shark-like teeth -- morphed into the hollow-cheeked, Abercrombie & Fitch model looks of "Twilight's" Robert Pattinson, all James Dean ...

In a few weeks everyone on Wall Street will start obsessing over holiday sales. To get ahead of the herd , I reached out to one of the best shoppers in the business: Kristin Bentz "The Talented Blonde" : Damien Hoffman: Kristin, at what should investors start looking in order to get ahead of the herd on the holiday retail stock picks? Kristin: ...

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. has asked a federal agency to designate its New Albany warehouse complex as an off-site extension of Rickenbacker International Airport's foreign trade zone, marking a shift in how it plans to manage imports for its stores.

Aeropostale is one of the numerous teen clothing retailers you see at pretty much every decent-sized mall in America.

Over the last year or so, many consumers traded down to discounters like Wal-Mart Stores as credit tightened and unemployment rose.

Construction on the 15,500-square-foot space will begin January 1, and plans include folding in Abercrombie & Fitch kid's brand, abercrombie, into the new Hollister store.

Because it seems the average consumer has become much more upbeat over the last several months, I think the outlook for the retail sector - almost across the spectrum - has improved tremendously.

Triangle fashionistas can cross another shop off their retail wish list: H&M. The Swedish retailer known for its cheap-chic offerings is about to complete a deal to open a store in Raleigh's Crabtree Valley Mall.