Abercrombie & Fitch to double number of stores in Middle East

Dubai: US apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch looks to double the number of stores in the Middle East in the next three to five years, according to its top executive.

The company has partnered with Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim Fashion and currently has seven outlets in the region, with five in Dubai and two in Kuwait.

“We don’t have a firm plan yet but it wouldn’t surprise me that over the next three to five years, between both brands [Hollister and Abercrombie & Fitch], we would double the number of stores,” Arthur Martinez, chairman of Abercrombie & Fitch, told Gulf News in an interview in Dubai on Wednesday.

The majority of the company’s stores in the region are under the Hollister brand. It opened two Abercrombie & Fitch outlets in Kuwait and one in Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates last year. On Friday, it will open a Hollister store in Mirdif City Centre in Dubai.

Martinez sees demand for the company’s brands that appeal to teenagers and consumers in their 20s in this region, where there is a significant young population.

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