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American Eagle is defying a slump in teen retail, with sales rising 11% in the most recent quarter. The retailer has been taking several steps to avoid slipping sales, Phil Wahba of Fortune reports. A crucial component of this is avoiding heavily discounted clothing — a trend that's hurting competitors Abercrombie & Fitch and Aeropostale. While shoppers love discounts and good sales, too many of them can be detrimental for retailers. Constant heavy discounts can condition consumers to not want to pay full price.

Advertising to teens is nothing new to marketers they have been doing it for so long and they know that teens can be easily influenced by their desires such as merchandise, fashion, and music and they are also the impressionable consumers of tomorrow.

You could say American Eagle is a fairly new company whose doing extremely well given the fact that it's a "shopping mall brand". Thanks to some changes in management, the company its no longer relying on their typical teen-retail tropes to send its message. Getting rid of the idea that marketing their products to a new generation of customers who no longer buy into the "preppy logo t-shirt" and seeing social media, not malls, as the center of their social life. In my opinion, I believe they've finally found and have a clear grasp of who their target market is. They are finally viewing and promoting their company as a company who offers high-quality, on a trend clothing, accessories, and personal care products at affordable prices under. A

Abercrombie & Fitch ANALYSIS REPORT Fundamentals Of Retail Design Group 03 Erik, Herr | I-Chu, Liao | Karan, Shah Kuan-Ling, Tseng | Chen-Hua, Wang ABSTRACT This report intends to analyze the unique brand values, the distinct marketing strategies and the compelling competitive dynamics of Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F), the noted American retailer of casual luxury wear. The purpose of this analysis being to understand the context and motives that drive brand A&F; to draw insights from it‘s past and current strategies and use these to launch a, new sneaker offer‘ within it‘s existing product ensemble. For doing this, we‘ve researched the story of the brand; it‘s original and potential target market, it‘s financial

Well it’s their image that attracts kids, teens, and young adults towards their brand. Unlike most companies Abercrombie& Fitch puts a lot of work into creating and maintaining their image. For example, you can 't go through the mall without noticing Abercrombie& Fitch (A&F), whether it’s the strong scent of their cologne that hits you while walking past or the models standing outside. Over the years, A&F has been able to paint this image upon our minds that wearing their clothes will give us this status of feeling socially accepted and they convince us using their models and ads to make us believe that wearing their clothes will make us like their models, in other words "beautiful" and "desirable".

joined the company and it then became known as Abercrombie & Fitch. Since the very

The strength of having a good reputation for quality clothing is going to set Abercrombie apart from others in the fashion retail industry. Their marketing strategy in the past has went under heavy criticism for being to sexual, especially since they are trying to appeal to a younger group of people. But this has only made the Abercrombie & Fitch label more desirable. The way they market to their consumers seems to work very well and they are continuing to do so. Considering the style and quality of clothing A&F offers, their customers are willing to pay the higher price because they feel like they have to wear the brand and have the “look” of Abercrombie. This is the reason that Abercrombie & Fitch will remain the leader in industry and continue to grow.

Abercrombie and Fitch uses classical conditioning in a variety of different ways. The campaigns, which always contain photographs like the ones provided, have successfully conditioned consumers to elicit a response from their sexual desires from an extremely basic line of clothing. Abercrombie’s clothing is basic and almost never scandalous. Their clothing lines provide good and decent cover for customers. So what is the problem? The issue lies in the fact that this very basic, however very unique form of clothing has been used as a tool to elicit sexual feelings on the part of those who see the clothing, the name or the style.

Abercrombie & Fitch, the upscale clothing retailer known for its attractive sales assistant’s and models used for stores and advertisements has a long history of racism and sexism. Starting back in 2002, the company sold shirts that were racially insensitive to Asians, marketed thongs with sexual phrases on them to pre-teens, and made men shirts that read “Female students needed for sexual research.” These products were soon removed after they caused controversy among parents and young women. The company then faced charges that its branding and hiring practices are discriminatory. Their stores allow white people to work in the front while Asians, and African Americans work in the back. The company has been sued numerous times for for religious discrimination and discrimination against handicapped customers. Abercrombie & Fitch also doesnt stock womens pants above size 10, limiting their market to only slim and petite women.

Second objective was to determine whether J.Crew should keep the target segment as young working professionals

As a seductive young man looks into a camera a raspy voice, off camera, whispers, “You got a real nice look. How old are you? Are you strong? You think you could rip that shirt off? That’s a real nice body. You work out? I can tell.” No, it’s not straight out of a steamy romance novel, though it could be. This is just one example of how provocative Calvin Klein’s advertisements have been. Although the ads boosted sales for the Calvin Klein empire, it angered many parents, religious groups, and even the media over its message, its image, and its legality.

In 1898, David T. Abercrombie started a small shop in Manhattan called Abercrombie Co. that sold outdoor camping and hunting gear. One of Abercrombie’s regular customers, Ezra Fitch, purchased a large portion of shares and was named co-founder in 1904 consequently, Abercrombie Co. was renamed as Abercrombie and Fitch Co. (A&F) The business thrived, but the founders decided to part ways as a result of the differences in their vision for the company. A&F wanted to keep the store an outdoors retailer, while Ezra wanted to reposition the store as a general retailer. In 1907, A&F began to send mail-order catalogues, a marketing practice that ultimately failed and placed the company on the brink of bankruptcy; luckily they still managed to turn

When A&F was established 100 years ago, it sold the highest-quality hunting, fishing, and camping goods. Overtime, its safari image became less attractive to consumers. Therefore, the Limited Inc. acquired it in 1988 and initially positioned A&F as a tailored clothing store for men.in 1995, the limited repositioned A&F to target both men and women in the teen and college market, with an emphasis on casual American style and youth.

Abercrombie & Fitch (F&A) is an American specialty retailer of upscale casual apparel. It was founded by David T. Abercrombie and Ezra H. Fitch in New York City in year 1892. In year 2002, it moves to the new headquarters in New Albany, Ohio. (Advameg Inc., 2017) It holds three unique lifestyle brands which are Abercrombie & Fitch, Abercrombie Kids, and Hollister Co. It engages in the retailing of casual sportswear apparel, graphic t-shirts, jeans and woven pants, shorts, sweaters and outerwear, personal care products, and accessories (“Abercrombie & Fitch Co, ANF: NYQ profile - FT.com,” 2016)Youth market is targeted, but men and women of all ages like it due to its portrayal of youth. (Bhasin, 2016)In order

Abercrombie & Fitch is one of the most famous retail chains that have done a wonderful job of appealing to fashion conscious teens and college students. Based on a recent survey, Abercrombie & Fitch was shown to be the sixth coolest brand in the world. But despite being successful in the industry they also have a lot of negative issues surrounding the clothing brand. Abercrombie & Fitch has remained uncompetitive since the recession hit in 2007 and its shares have fallen more than 33 percent this year, but the financials aren’t the only thing that disappoints the people, there are still a lot more of issues. In 2004, the clothing brand has faced a number of lawsuits over discriminatory hiring. Eduardo Gonzales, a lead plaintiff said he was urged to apply for an overnight stock position and that the store manager favoured two white applicants in a group interview. The clothing brand was also under fire for producing its catalogue “the quarterly”, which was called soft core porn by many groups because of its erotic photographs along with a sexual advice from a renowned porn star. The National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families, and Focus on the Family both