Abercrombie
Description
Trading on its century-old name, Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) sells upscale men's, women's, and kids' casual clothes and accessories -- quite a change from when the company outfitted Ernest Hemingway and Teddy Roosevelt for safaris. A&F has nearly 1,000 stores in North America (mostly in malls) and also sells via its catalog and online. A&F targets college students, and has come under fire for some of its ad campaigns, as well as for some of its short-run products. The company also runs a fast-growing chain of teen stores called Hollister Co., and a chain targeted at boys and girls ages seven to 14 called abercrombie. RUEHL, a Greenwich Village-inspired concept for the post-college set, launched in 2004.
Hollister
Description
Hollister makes and then distributes a variety of specialty medical products throughout more than 90 countries. The employee-owned company concentrates on products for wound care, continence care, mother and baby care, pelvic floor therapy, and ostomy care. Hollister has operations worldwide. Products include catheters and wound dressings, among other items. The company has two US manufacturing centers located in Missouri and Virginia, as well as European facilities in Denmark and Ireland. John Dickinson Schneider founded Hollister in 1921 as JDS Printer Craftsman.