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Abercrombie & Fitch Sales Decline: How Disrespecting Diversity can be Bad for Business

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Jeff

After managing to alienate significant numbers of Asians, Asian Americans, Muslims, African Americans, Hispanics,  overweight, and disabled people, Abercrombie & Fitch has found – surprise – that declining sales forced it into a quarterly loss.  In an attempt to regain … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Diversity: Gap responds to the Racist Defacement of an Ad

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Jeff

Arsalan Iftikhar, senior editor at The Islamic Monthly, posted a picture of this defaced Gap advertisement on his twitter account.  This ad featured Sikh-American designer Waris Ahluwalia and model/filmmaker Quentin Jones.  What, if anything, would the Gap do?

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