NEW ALBANY, Ohio, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) today reported net sales of $230.4 million for the five-week period ended July 4, 2009, a 26% decrease from net sales of $309.7 million for the five-week period ended July 5, 2008. June comparable store sales decreased 32%. Total Company direct-to-consumer net sales decreased 17% to $16.9 million for the five-week period ended July 4, 2009, compared to the five-week period ended July 5, 2008.
Year-to-date, the Company reported a net sales decrease of 24% to $1.025 billion from $1.343 billion last year. Comparable store sales decreased 30% for the year-to-date period. Year-to-date, total Company direct-to-consumer net sales decreased 19% to $81.5 million.
June 2009 Developments
- Total Company net sales decreased 26%
- Total Company direct-to-consumer net sales decreased 17%
- Total Company comparable store sales decreased 32%
- Abercrombie & Fitch comparable store sales decreased 30%
- abercrombie comparable store sales decreased 31%
- Hollister Co. comparable store sales decreased 35%
- RUEHL comparable store sales decreased 32%
The Company operated 349 Abercrombie & Fitch stores, 210 abercrombie stores, 508 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.
