Abercrombie & Fitch Co. said Monday that it has named two new brand presidents. Stacia Andersen will lead the namesake Abercrombie & Fitch brand, along with Abercrombie Kids, responsible for all product and consumer-facing activities. She was recently the senior vice president of merchandising for Target Corp. [a: tgt]. She replaces Christos Angelides, who left the position in December 2015. Kristin Scott has been appointed brand president for Hollister. She comes from Victoria’s Secret where she was executive vice president. Fran Horowitz, now the company’s president and chief merchandising officer, was the previous Hollister brand president. She was named to her current role in December 2015. Abercrombie shares are inactive in premarket trading, but up 17.3% in the past year. The S&P 500 is down 3.5% for the last 12 months.
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