Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) (A&F) is an American clothing retailer encompassing five brands: The namesake flagship Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie kids, Hollister Co., RUEHL No. 925, and Gilly Hicks. Stores currently operate in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, with plans to open stores in Europe and Japan in the near future.Founded on 4 June 1892 by David T. Abercrombie, A&F had been an outfitter of sporting and excursion goods. It struggled financially from the late 1960s until it was purchased by The Limited in 1988 and repositioned, under the management of Michael S. Jeffries (current Chairman & CEO), as the “Casual Luxury” lifestyle brand in present day.
Prominent figures who patronized the company in its excursion goods days include Teddy Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Greta Garbo,Katharine Hepburn,Clark Gable,John Steinbeck,, John F. Kennedy, Ernest Shackleton, and Dwight Eisenhower.
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