Ohio-based casual luxury brand, Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F), is exploring opportunities to enter the India market, said industry insiders.
Eric Cerny, manager, investor relations, at A&F, said, "We are looking at a number of international opportunities for our brands over the next few years." He, however, did not elaborate on the company's India-specific plans.
While Abercombie operates 1,069 stores across four brands, the A&F brand has 325 outlets in the US, four in Canada, one each in London, Milan, Tokyo, Copenhagen and Paris.
Other international cities to house A&F stores this year are Madrid, Brussels and Dublin. Even a Hong Kong A&F store is expected to come up soon, but the date is yet to be announced.
Japan is the only Asian country to have an A&F brand outlet, which was until recently known for its 'near luxury' clothing. Now, the A&F has been redefined as 'casual luxury' brand.
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