Abercrombie & Fitch announces new creative director of marketing

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. said Tuesday that Ashley Sargent Price has joined the company as creative director of marketing. She will oversee the creative marketing for all of the companies brands (Abercrombie & Fitch, Abercrombie Kids, and Hollister Co.), the company's internal photo studio, and marketing operations. Price was previously senior vice president of brand creative at J. Crew. She was at that company for 10 years. Abercrombie & Fitch shares are inactive in premarket trading but up 29.4% for the past year. The S&P is down 2.9% for the past 12 months.

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