NEW ALBANY, Ohio, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) today reported net sales of $182.1 million for the four-week period ended May 30, 2009, a 22% decrease from net sales of $233.1 million for the four-week period ended May 31, 2008. May comparable store sales decreased 28%. Total Company direct-to-consumer net sales decreased 10% to $15.6 million for the four-week period ended May 30, 2009, compared to the four-week period ended May 31, 2008.
Year-to-date, the Company reported a net sales decrease of 23% to $794.2 million from $1.033 billion last year. Comparable store sales decreased 29% for the year-to-date period. Year-to-date, total Company direct-to-consumer net sales decreased 19% to $64.7 million.
May 2009 Developments
- Total Company net sales decreased 22%
- Total Company direct-to-consumer net sales decreased 10%
- Total Company comparable store sales decreased 28%
- Abercrombie & Fitch comparable store sales decreased 25%
- abercrombie comparable store sales decreased 28%
- Hollister Co. comparable store sales decreased 32%
- RUEHL comparable store sales decreased 33%
The Company operated 350 Abercrombie & Fitch stores, 210 abercrombie stores, 507 Hollister Co. stores, 29 RUEHL stores and 16 Gilly Hicks stores in the United States. The Company also operated three Abercrombie & Fitch stores, three abercrombie stores and five Hollister Co. stores in Canada, and one Abercrombie & Fitch store and four Hollister Co. stores in the United Kingdom. The Company operates e-commerce websites at www.abercrombie.com, www.abercrombiekids.com, www.hollisterco.com, www.RUEHL.com and www.gillyhicks.com.
