Abercrombie and Fitch News

June sales fell for most U.S. retailers as the plunging job market and cool, rainy weather dampened interest in summer shopping for consumers, triggering concern about the back-to-school season.

Apparel and specialty retail brands remain out of fashion with financially strapped consumers.

After yet another weak month, retailers are preparing to fight for their share of crucial back-to-school shopping.

Gap Inc. and Abercrombie & Fitch Co. reported June sales declines that were steeper than analysts estimated as a rise in U.S. unemployment and a drop in consumer confidence kept shoppers away from the malls.

Escalating job worries and rainy weather dampened shoppers' appetite for buying summer staples like shorts and dresses, resulting in sharper-than-expected sales declines for many merchants in June and increasing concerns about the back-to-school shopping season.

If you took a marketing class in college, you might recall your teacher stressing, beyond The Four Ps, the importance of branding.

A Marc Jacobs window in the West Village earlier this year. laverrue via flickr.

Big news for one local tween model! San Antonio's own Matt Segovia was chosen to be a male model for Abercrombie and Fitch Kids! Congrats to Matt and his family.

Jeannine Poggi TheStreet.com Last updated on Monday, Jul. 06, 2009 08:39AM EDT W ho knew tiny little Kearney, Neb., was a fashion hub? There's no denying that those Nebraskans know their blue jeans.

When it comes to shopping trends, don't be fooled by the fireworks. This year, sales of bottle rockets, jumping jacks and roman candles may surge as much as 30 percent, according to America's Research Group.

Cruel: Ugly Betty was faced with bitching and bullying at Mode magazine because of her eccentric dress sense This week I did something I swore I never would.

By David Russell Someone apparently thinks that Abercrombie & Fitch is headed lower and has implemented two large bearish bets to profit from the move.

Remember that guy we exclusively revealed would be Ethan's replacement on 90210 ? Well, here's what he looks like! His name is Trevor Donovan, and you might recognize him from a stint on Days of Our Lives as bad boy Jeremy Horton or from his days as an Abercrombie and Fitch model .

He will replace Dustin Milligan as the new eye candy for the ladies. According to Entertainment Weekly, Donovan will play Teddy, West Beverly's own version of JFK Jr.

Former "Days Of Our Lives" hunk Trevor Donovan is heading to West Beverly. The actor and well chiseled ex-Abercrombie & Fitch model will play Teddy on The CW's "90210," a rep for the network confirmed to Access Hollywood .

The CW's 90210 reboot has been needing a real hottie for a while a ' I thought Matt Lanter's Liam would fill the role , but he's turned out kind of skeezy a ' and so this casting news has me wondering if the show has finally found its guy.

A tanned, topless youth is standing in the shop doorway, jeans slung low over his hips.

Picture, if you will, one of the many ads for Abercrombie & Fitch . Typically, a few bronzed, sculpted specimens are arrayed in languid poses -- splayed poolside, perhaps, or perched atop a split-rail fence.

To work at Abercrombie & Fitch you must 'look great': it is written in the staff rule book, learns Jemima Lewis.

Still smarting in their board shorts and logo tees from suffering abysmal sales, stock plunges, and store closings, retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has decided to put forth it's best efforts to try and stay in the game.