I see that Wall Street Journal advertise on RU-vidr like serpentza, who upload hate and racist video about China and Chinese. The owner of the channel is Winston Sterzel, wanted by the Chinese police, google his name. It is not very clever done. I have reported you to The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). As an advertiser on youtube you can choose whom to sponsor. I send you an email with screenshot of your commercial. Try to think WSJ.
A&F we’re about quality and experience now the quality is no way near as good and there’s no A&F experience anymore going to A&F stores were so fun and cool
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Most of the voices we hear are from A&F representatives directly, the criticism added together is mere seconds, none of the points A&F make are argued. This could honestly be an ad for this company.
It probably was. I used to really enjoy this content from CNBC and WJS. But when they do these brand pieces like this, it sometimes feels like when companies pay morning shows in local tv or mainstream ones to go on and talk about their product. You see it a lot with random supplement companies. It sort of gives the consumer the idea that it’s not an ad, but it’s really just an ad.
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I dont even know where the stock market is headed to right now. my portfolio of around 200k is not increasing more than 5% and people are predicting a crash .
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@@TheDarkrebel131 Most of Gen Z are sadly in that demographic. I'm lumped in with the lot of them but I'd never call myself one. Zillenial is the term for those towards the Millennial end, the rest are TikTok obsessed.
As a teenager, I used to hate walking by A&F and Hollister because they used to spray the store with awful cologne/perfume that was so strong, it was gross. Never thought I'd be back into these stores in my 30s.
Nvidia still has a competitive advantage with their products and will continue to be an industry leader. I mean the barriers to entry for chips is significantly higher than fashion. Abercrombie will need this growth for couple of years to be at the same level at Nvidia stock growth. But it is true, in one year, they surpassed Nvidia stock growth
Amusing hearing the CEO being coy about their product quality / "sourcing". In other words, they don't want to name the specific Chinese factory making products for them, a) so the customers don't realise it's made in China; and b) so that their competitors don't place orders from the same factory.
Just hearing about these two for the first time. How about short term say about 6 months to a year, if one wanted to start investing, do you think they would be good options to start with?
I'd recommend you get yourself an F.A if you really want to get in instead of starting with guesses. They're not half as expensive as you think and know the market better. Experimenting with RU-vid-based suggestions may not be the best for you. I know this from experience and as somebody who has made real money off stocks. Goodluck.
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I agreed that this is just another advertising rather than the real situation of A&F, also the fact doesn't lie, I don't see A&F on or off line, the store itself is mostly empty when I pass by. Honestly, personally, I don't consider this brand when I go shopping and I do shop a lot........lol
I buy there, my wife buys there, and the store near us is always busy. The stuff I’ve gotten there has been incredible quality. I’m a millenial and hated a&f when I was a teen, but it’s changed
Well, the teenagers grew up, became adults with lots of $$$ in their pockets and able to buy a brand they knew from before. Genius. No new to the strategy, just deeper pockets from the working adult consumer.
Im not so sure it’s that easy. I bought AF in HS, but when I was in undergrad, no one wanted to be caught dead in AF apparel. That stuck with me, and I would have been hesitant to buy from them again absent this resurgence.
Back in 2000s, i was so proud wearing AF, and even more proud holding the AF paper bag. The legendary muscle-fit shirts are well designed and GREAT quality. If u bring back those products, i would definitely buy them again with no hesitation. The current marketing idea makes AF cheap and not stand out.
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So to clarify rebranding meaning retail cashier sales logo advertisement. In relating topic to standard renovation and brokerage purchase of sale ( the purchase of the merchandise and sale of the product). You would have to rebrand to relate to the older marketing crowd being a standard because this is a claim for example investment trade/model.
Boy I tell you what.. WSJ and the hedge fund bros are really hyping up Abercrombie and Fitch. I'm an avid shopper and I recently checked it out, the styles were MEH at best, prices were noticeably higher than other similar stores (for similar items too), and the collection was pretty subpar imho.
As a loyal customer of A&F around 2019 they sold you the same expensive t-shirts but now it wasn’t the same good quality as in 2003 - 2009. That was not cool. The customers will return? We’ll see.
Gen Z guy here, I love Abercrombie. It took me forever to find them as the stores are so rare and I had thought they died out, but I got into a store a few years ago, and I love it. Everything is much higher quality than most other stores, and their products are both capable of being statement pieces and basics. It is truly amazing how well they do at mixing interesting and unique clothing items with a large amount of simple but well constructed base outfits.
Yup. It's impressive WSJ got access to CEO, CFO and CTO for this, but this video is so one-sided it's hardly journalism. It's so glowing I wouldn't be surprised if Abecrombie appends it to their annual report or something.
I'm not good at brands and in general I'm not a big fan of expensive clothes, but I remember scandal with A&F, that happened several years ago ) by the way, their guys used sexiness for promotion of this product and I liked it ) it looked really hot, modern and creative )
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Haven't bought any A&F products in more than a decade but I still love the pieces I previously bought. The pieces I currently own are still in good condition so I would say that A&F quality is good. I stopped buying when designs and quality went downhill (and of course, the problematic previous CEO). I wonder what changed... I'll probably go check it out.
7:56 As a heavy Nvidia investor, I can clearly say that it is misleading. They selectively set August 2022 as the starting point at which was exactly Abercrombie's low. Nvidia's low was in October 2022 and it started its rally in January 2023. Measuring in a longer term like 3 years or more and in a much shorter term like 6 months, Nvidia is superior.
I remember vividly those days of the rise as being very gay, and the fall being very hetero and basically told there gay clientele that the company does not need your business. That could be a big reason they declined dramatically in sales.
From globalization to localization of the 2020s. Saying that I am wondering why Chinese bubble tea or boba in India was not introduced until the market saturated in south east asia. It’s taken off now. I guess Asian fast food chains can take off as well. But they will be modified to suit the palate. That’s something Americans weren’t willing to do for a long while
They I wish stores were kind of like Crumbl. So we could know what was coming and win, and we could vote for our most liked clothes. Because we do grow but sometimes it’s just not in the store like I have a pair of pants that I love so much that I’ve gotten from a long time ago, but they don’t fit me anymore because I’m not 15. They don’t even sell them anymore but having your customers go and vote for what they like what they would love to see again would help you understand what is popular and what isn’t
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Their quality was good about 2 years ago. Their margin got hammered and now its suboptimal so their claim that they are good quality is outdated and untruthful
Those Ruehl patches 3:03 🥲 New CEO is cool and all but the company today is just offering fast fashion like Zara and H&M, it’s a shame they lost what made them special.
Their sizes are now bigger than usual. S fits like M or L That's why I stopped buying clothes from them. Honestly, the sizes they used to have are fantastic as I am slim.
