Type: Public
On the web: http://www.abercrombie.com
Employees: 85,000
Employee growth: 6.3%

Trading on its century-old name, Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) sells upscale men's, women's, and kids' casual clothes and accessories -- quite a change from when the company outfitted Ernest Hemingway and Teddy Roosevelt for safaris. A&F operates some 1,070 stores in North America, Europe, and Japan and also sells via its catalog and online. Its carefully selected college-age sales staff and use of 20-something models imbue its stores with an upscale fraternity-house feel. A&F runs a fast-growing chain of some 540 teen stores called Hollister Co., and a chain targeted at boys and girls ages seven to 14 called abercrombie kids. Its three-year-old, just-for-women brand, Gilly Hicks, has about 20 stores.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending January, 2011:
Sales: $3,468.8M
One year growth: 18.4%
Net income: $150.3M
Income growth: 59066.5%

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: Michael S. (Mike) Jeffries
EVP and CFO: Jonathan E. Ramsden
SVP and CIO: John M. Deane

Competitors:
American Eagle Outfitters
The Gap
J. Crew

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