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Abercrombie beats thanks to strong demand for Hollister (ANF)

Published by Business Insider on Thu, 25 May 2017


(Reuters) - U.S. teen apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co, which has put itself up for sale, posted a smaller-than-expected drop in comparable-store sales, helped by strong demand for Hollister, its California beach-themed brand of surfwear.Shares of the company, for which rival American Eagle Outfitters Inc and private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management are reportedly planning to bid, rose 4 percent to $13.41 before the bell on Thursday.Abercrombie and other U.S. apparel retailers have been hurt by fierce competition from fast-fashion retailers such as H&M and Inditex's Zara as well as from online retailers such as Amazon.com Inc.Same-store sales for the company's Hollister brand, which has remained flat for two years, rose 3 percent in the first quarter ended April 29, while analysts polled by research firm Consensus Metrix had expected it to grow a mere 0.8 percent.After struggling to turnaround sales as millennials shunned its risqu advertising and large-logo apparel, Abercrombie, in 2014, said it would revamp Hollister as a fast-fashion brand, to compete with rivals such as H&M and Zara.Sales at established stores fell 3 percent in the first quarter, but beat the 3.4 percent decline expected by analysts, according to research firm Consensus Metrix.The company had reportedly hired investment bank Perella Weinberg Partners to field takeover interest from other retailers earlier in May.Private equity firm Cerberus Capital and American Eagle are working on a joint bid for Abercrombie, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.Abercrombie's net sales fell 3.6 percent to $661.1 million. Analysts on average had expected $651.3 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.Net loss attributable to the company widened to $61.7 million, or 91 cents per share, in the quarter, from $39.6 million, or 59 cents per share, a year earlier.Excluding charges on taxes and asset impairment, the company lost 71 cents per share, missing the analysts' average estimate by a cent. (Reporting by Gayathree Ganesan in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: This is what Bernie Madoff's life is like in prison
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