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anti-education slogans, such as: 'I'd do your homework, but I don't even do mine'; 'School is for catching up on sleep'. Girls' shirts were sold with slogans that typically show off their looks ("It's better being brunette", etc.). Perhaps the most controversial of all was the line of underwear for young girls with the sayings "Wink Wink" and "Eye Candy" screenprinted on them. Parents mounted storefront protests in outrage of the sexually-suggestive underwear. CEO and
Chairman of the Board Mike Jeffries said to an interviewer that he did not think the underwear to be "bad", but more "cute."
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clothing, and the brand carries most of the styles that A&F does. Most abercrombie kids clothes that have the labeled moose on them are to resemble their parent company "Abercrombie & Fitch" but the kids signature moose is smaller to symbolize that they are children. The trademarked term,
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stores in the United States and Canada. The abercrombie kids "carve-out" locations are an initial attempt for
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color. The abbreviation from "Abercrombie & Fitch" to "abercrombie" with lowercase letters was intended to provide a younger image. The store prototype was as the A&F one, but with variations also intended to appeal to the younger audience. Early abercrombie
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from young artists, and displays marketing pictures with young models resembling those at A&F. The signature fragrance, "Fierce", is sprayed store-wide. As of August 2012, abercrombie operates a total of 154 stores in the United States.
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