Swot Analysis Of Abercrombie And Fitch

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Raeven Jenkins
Management 220
Professor Draper

Abercrombie and Fitch

Abstract: This paper will address the needs for demonstration of proficiency in information research, while understanding the workplace, competiveness and business communication. Included in this paper is the following: Abercrombie’s mission, the current strategic plan the company uses, the firms culture, organization, and SWOT analysis. This paper will also focus on an analysis of the company “Abercrombie and Fitch” and the major issue facing the company.

History
The company Abercrombie is believed to have started around 1892 by David Abercrombie. At first the company started off as a small shop in Manhattan but expanded with due time (Lepore). Years later, the company …show more content…

In addition to the mission statement, A&F is dedicated to its brand vision, attributes, and values of the company (Farfan).When asked about its stakeholders, Abercrombie & Fitch discussed how they feel their brand is authentic, relevant to the fashion industry, and that the brand focuses on growth and stability which they feel is extremely important. …show more content…

A newspaper article entitled” Retailers ask: Where Did the teenagers go?” focused on one of the issues. Elizabeth Harris from the New York Times interviewed teenagers who used to shop at A&F and asked them what they think about when it comes to shopping at Abercrombie. One teenager replied” when I think of who is shopping at Abercrombie, I think it’s more of people’s parents shopping for them” (Harris). This raised red flags for me because when I was about 14 or 15, if you didn’t wear a Abercrombie shirt or a pair of pants from the company, you weren’t considered “cool”. It’s like everyone in high school had an Abercrombie, Hollister, or Gilly Hicks shirt on; so to hear a teenager say this shows that once luring traditional teenager store is obviously experiencing some tough

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