Abercrombie & Fitch comes to London!

Rylo_2

I don't know if this is the correct place to post so please move if it's not but just seen on the side of a London bus that Abercrombie & Fitch are opening on Savile Row, 22nd March!:j

dobbiesloan

Do you mean Abercrombie & FitchThe highest quality, casual, All-American lifestyle clothing for aspirational men and women?
What are they giving away free? You forgot to tell us.

Rylo_2

That'll be the one.
I doubt there'll be anything free but, since I'm new and as per my post, I didn't know where to post this!

dobbiesloan

No. I got to admit, I don’t know where to post it either.

Toxic_Bunni

Well it kinda has nothing to do with 'money saving', so maybe 'nowhere' is the asnwer?

Firefly

But it's good news they're coming here!

Toxic_Bunni

No it isn't.

letsgobilliejoe

Toxic_Bunni wrote: »

No it isn't.

haha awesome. so true.

oh, and to put my two penneth in, i think this should have gone in the Arms, as it's kinda informal chatty type.

veruccasalt

Had trhe misfortune to shop there yesterday. Waited 40 mins to pay for a £50 pair of ordinary shorts, then finally walked out.

Rang their US Customer Service number this morning, explained the shocking experience yesterday, she has agreed to send me the shorts I want and waive the £11 delivery charge.

THe problem with the UK branch is that they think they can get away with treating their customers like idiots. THey think a 40 minute wait to pay hypes their brand and increases the desirability of their clothes-well, we have an awful lot to learn from the US

The reason A&F is so successful in th US is because they combine great clothes with a superb customer experience-if they UK want to replicate that they have some learning to do.

ashcarrot

Unfortunatly the prices here are a lot more expensive than the US around twice the price so its worth getting it from the US on a trip whereever possible.

JeffMinter

I hear they are highly discriminatory in their practices, i.e. if you're not a glamour model, a but chubby or have a zit on your face they'll give you the silent "you don't belong here, ugly" treatment.

They did the same for their staff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abercrombie_&_Fitch#Employment_practices

Seems like they kept the white staff members at the front where the customer would face them, and the other ethnicities at the back doing the sorting and mundane work. How nice of them!