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Abercrombie and Fitch's Expansion Process
Abercrombie and Fitch Expansion in Progress After walking around a mall for about an hour or so it becomes quite easy to spot an "Abercrombier." They are the typical teenager wandering around, nose in the air, and of course wearing those oh so fitting shirts and pants with the little moose's on them, almost looking identical. But now, Abercrombie and Fitch is taking it to the next level. It has recently been brought to my attention that Abercrombie and Fitch is in the process of expansion. They are opening beauty salons and gyms all over the country to bring forth a whole new meaning to being an "Abercrombier." If a teen has a dream of becoming one of those amazingly pretty or studly "Abercrombiers" then that dream can finally become a reality with just a few easy steps. Step one is quite simple, all the teenager has to do is fill out the online application. They want to make sure the teen has the necessary extracurricular activates and plan on continuing in them. The sports they seem to like are football and baseball for boys along with cheer leading for girls. Next they may ask the teenage to send in a picture of themselves. This is just to make sure they will be able to pull off that "Abercrombier" look. If accepted, they will email the teenager all the info about the next step. Upon reading their acceptance email, the future "Abercrombier "will learn about how they will be attending a newly built Abercrombie and Fitch Gym. Here, for the low payment of 200 dollars a month, the teenager will work out with Abercrombie fitness coaches until they get that desired Abercrombie and Fitch body, along the way getting the super effective protein drinks and diet pills. Not to mention the brand new Abercrombie and Fitch water, I hear it smells just like the store, and if you only drink this, even your sweat will smell like Abercrombie's fierce. After getting those sculpted abs and is completed the teen will almost be ready to go and shop at Abercrombie. Now,

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