On Sat, 18 May 2013 18:38:10 +0100, "Ophelia"
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> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> > On 5/18/2013 12:22 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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> >> "Nancy Young" > wrote
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> >>> On 5/18/2013 10:27 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> >>>> We have a saying, 'There is no such thing as bad publicity'
> >>>
> >>> Ambercrombie and Fitch must be delighted!
> >>
> >> I had to look on line to see who that was, but there is no clue to
> >> explain your remark. Do tell? )
> >
> > It's a clothing store chain, it is geared to younger people
> > and by that, I mean the thin, beautiful young people. They
> > don't carry over a size 10 and most of the stuff in the store
> > is much smaller.
> >
> > The CEO is on record for saying he only wants cool non-fat
> > people in his stores or wearing their clothing. I'm paraphrasing.
> >
> > I don't know what started all the uproar, I don't think the comments
> > are new. The idea that some stores cater to skinnier people is no
> > big secret, not all stores are all things to all people, but now it's
> > got people demonstrating in front the the stores, giving away their
> > A&F clothing. Some guy bought a lot of it and gave it away to homeless
> > people.
> >
> > So, the CEO is trying to figure a way out of this mess. The bad
> > publicity is not working for them.
>
> So it seems. I've never heard of anything like it!!! Hard to envisage
> ruling out such a huge percentage of possible customers! I would be
> surprised if we didn't have some shops with the similar views although I
> haven't heard of them. Heh, only the young and beautiful eh??? I guess
> that would rule me out too <g>
>
They only started focusing on that demographic in the last 15-20
years. Their customer base was considerably older before that.

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