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36
Store Activity
During the year, the Company opened seven international Hollister chain stores, three international Abercrombie & Fitch chain
stores, including its first in the Middle East, and opened a Hollister chain store and an abercrombie kids store in the U.S. In addition,
the Company opened its first Abercrombie & Fitch flagship store in Shanghai and its first international abercrombie kids flagship
store in London. The Company also opened nine outlet stores during the year, three internationally, in Europe and Asia, and six
in the U.S. In addition, the Company closed 52 U.S. stores and eight international stores, seven of which were Gilly Hicks stores.
Year-To-Date Store Count and Gross Square Feet
Store count and gross square footage by brand for Fiscal 2014 and Fiscal 2013, respectively, were as follows:
Store Activity Abercrombie &
Fitch abercrombie Hollister Gilly Hicks Total
(Gross square feet amounts in thousands)
U.S. Stores
February 1, 2014 253 131 458 1 843
New 512—8
Closed (8) (16) (27) (1) (52)
January 31, 2015 250 116 433 — 799
Gross Square Feet at January 31, 2015 2,209 589 2,988 — 5,786
International Stores
February 1, 2014 22 5 129 7 163
New 7 1 7 — 15
Closed — — (1) (7) (8)
January 31, 2015 29 6 135 — 170
Gross Square Feet at January 31, 2015 479 81 1,171 — 1,731
Total Stores 279 122 568 — 969
Total Gross Square Feet at January 31, 2015 2,688 670 4,159 — 7,517
Store Activity Abercrombie &
Fitch abercrombie Hollister Gilly Hicks Total
(Gross square feet amounts in thousands)
U.S. Stores
February 2, 2013 266 141 478 17 902
New 2 — 1 — 3
Closed (15) (10) (21) (16) (62)
February 1, 2014 253 131 458 1 843
Gross Square Feet at February 1, 2014 2,267 635 3,156 7 6,065
International Stores
February 2, 2013 19 6 107 7 139
New 3—22—25
Closed — (1) — — (1)
February 1, 2014 22 5 129 7 163
Gross Square Feet at February 1, 2014 423 66 1,133 49 1,671
Total Stores 275 136 587 8 1,006
Total Gross Square Feet at February 1, 2014 2,690 701 4,289 56 7,736