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In response to "Presumably, it hadn't gone viral either of those times." by David

it was sure reported as having done so...

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Jul 9 '13, 17:01

"Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries is drawing fire for an interview he gave some seven years ago � in which he indicated the upscale clothing retailer isn't interested in selling to overweight women and "not-so-cool" kids.

"In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids,� Jeffries said in a 2006 interview with the online magazine Salon.

�Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don�t belong [in our clothes], and they can�t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely," he said.

Some companies get into trouble by targeting too many people, "young, old, fat, skinny," he added.

The quotes were cited in a May 3 article in Business Insider, which touched off a firestorm of protest online."

huffpo. 5/8/13 (www.huffingtonpost.ca)

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In that case, I guess it's getting a curtain call. This is the first I've heard of it. - David Jul 9, 17:03 5
- Here it was. -- (link) - Spawn Jul 9, 17:05 [Backboard] 3
  - the worm has eaten its own tail....nm - x Jul 9, 17:08 2
    - Drat - con_carne Jul 9, 17:12 1
      - believe me, i'm not thowin' stones. these days i forget about stuff i read an hour ago.... - x Jul 9, 17:15
- firestorms of protest aint what they used to be....nm - x Jul 9, 17:05
The "black" part was news to me. Had heard the rest, though. -- nm - Spawn Jul 9, 17:03

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