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Abercrombie Shares Are Tanking After Ugly Earnings Report

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Abercrombie & Fitch's shares are tanking after the company reported a 7% decline in quarterly same-store sales.

Shares were down 10% in premarket trading Thursday. 

The company said revenue declined 5.8% to $890.6 million and same-store sales dropped by 5% in the U.S. and declined 9% internationally.

Net income rose to $12.9 million, or 17 cents per share, in the second quarter, from $11.4 million a year earlier.

Hollister performed the worst of the company's three brands. It suffered a 10% decline in comparable store sales, compared to a 6% decline for Abercrombie Kids and a 1% decline for Abercrombie & Fitch.

Abercrombie has been criticized for failing to update its fashions for the fickle teen market.

"In the past quarter, we believe we have made great progress in evolving the fashion component of our assortment, and this progress is clearly evident in our Back-to-School presentation," CEO Mike Jeffries said in a statement. "In a continued challenging environment, our sales for the second quarter were somewhat below plan, but we have seen modest improvement since the Back-to-School floorset. We are confident that the evolution of our assortment will drive further improvements going forward."

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Hayley Peterson
Hayley Peterson
Hayley Peterson is an Executive Editor who oversees coverage of the economy, tech, media, advertising, defense, careers, and more.She was previously a chief correspondent at Business Insider and wrote breaking news, analysis, and in-depth investigations on large consumer companies, with an emphasis on retailers including Amazon, Walmart, major grocery chains, and department stores.Hayley won recognition from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing in 2018 for "defining the retail apocalypse" through her reporting on retail job losses, the decline of Sears, and the impact of store closings on bondholders.Prior to joining Business Insider in 2013, Hayley was a White House correspondent and embedded on the presidential 2012 campaign trail.