“Two ex-managers for a clothing chain accused of discrimination say corporate representatives of the chain, Abercrombie & Fitch, routinely had them reduce the hours of less attractive salespeople.

The two former managers – who say they were hired for their good looks – appear in a Morley Safer report on the trendy retail chain on 60 Minutes…” —CBS

Abercrombie and Fitch is at it again;

Clothing chain yanks its racy, sex-stuffed catalog:

“The national clothing chain Abercrombie and Fitch has pulled its Christmas catalog, which featured page after page of naked young models and extolled the virtues of group sex, after several groups launched consumer boycotts of the company.

The firm denied that its decision at the height of the holiday shopping season to stop selling the racy catalog — which advocated orgies and group masturbation — had anything to do with the protests. Instead, Abercrombie and Fitch said it needed to free precious shelf space for a new perfume and promised to return with a spring catalog offering more “butts” and other nudity.

Abercrombie & Fitch Seeing Consequences of Sleazy Marketing; Clothier’s Stock, Holiday Sales Plummeting in Wake of Boycott:

“…(A) story in today’s Wall Street Journal …noted A&F’s in-store sales had dropped 13 percent in November — and its stock has lost over 16 percent of its value since Focus on the Family and other pro-family groups urged Americans not to buy the retailer’s clothes. In addition, recent trading volume is more than twice normal.” —US NewsWire