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We're in Soho, the heart of New York City's fashion district, where Abercrombie is unveiling a new store concept.
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Let's go inside and check it out.
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Opened in early June, the new 10,000 square foot space is a departure from the heydays of the 2000s,
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when the stores were infamous for loud music and low lighting.
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One of the biggest pain points that customers have is when they're shopping online, they go into a store, but the same merchandise isn't available.
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So what Abercrombie did here is they expanded into a much larger location.
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That allows them to carry a broader assortment so shoppers can go online and actually find the same stuff in the store.
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We heard from our customer they want the in-store experience.
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It showcases the brand's 130-year history as well as what Abercrombie is today and where we want to go into the future.
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The company grew annual sales by over 98% between 2020 and 2024.
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But in the most recent fiscal year, sales dropped.
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And now its stock is down about 30% year-to-date.
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To make sure it can keep growing sales and acquiring new customers, it's expanding into third-party accessories like Sperry and Hunter,
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and of course highlighting its own brand as well.
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In some ways, the company is taking a page out of rival Aritzia's playbook in its decision to add outside brands.
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The Canadian fashion brand has long offered external footwear brands in its stores and online.
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During its most recent fisc
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grew 35% with comps up 27% part of the reason Aritzia successful is because they of stayed top of mind,
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s relevant for that consumer trying to do the same thing continued relevance relevance.
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This is the first time that we're carrying footwear, full sunglasses and handbags, all in a dedicated space in an Abercrombie store.
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So here we have our own branded footwear, but we're also bringing in other brands that are very relevant to our customer and what they're looking for.
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Since partnering with Sperry in April, Abercrombie has since expanded and is now selling shoes from Puma, Fry, Hunter, and GH Bass.
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going to learn a lot from these in terms of what our customer is gravitating towards.
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We've seen other companies do this.
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Urban Outfitters is one where they stand out in the sense that they do have their own brands.
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They're more of a balanced mix of own brand and third-party brands.
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They have Vans, they have Nike, they have Ugg, and I think they realize that particularly for their customer, people look for brands in that category.
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They don't want the private label, they want the brands that they recognize.
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So I think that may be where Abercrombie kind of sees this opportunity to say we have a young female consumer, you have Foot Locker, you have JD, they tend to ski more male,
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where else can they shop for a variety of brands?
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Let's at least offer them the brands that they're shopping all in one place
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because no one else is really doing that outside of a company like Genesco and a little bit Urban Outfitters.
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For now, the only place Abercrombie is offering all of the brands together is at this new store.
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But based on how the release performs, they could could be expanded to more stores and online in the future.
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I think that this is a strategic move on their part to bring in a like-minded customer, a customer who has potential to shop the brand,
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maybe isn't already, and now will be introduced to the brand that way.
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Overall, category expansion will be one of the keys to Abercrombie's next chapter of growth.
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Contesto e sfondo
Il video ci porta nel cuore del distretto della moda di New York, a Soho, dove Abercrombie presenta un nuovo concetto di negozio. Tra storiche del brand e analisi di mercato, il dialogo spiega come l'azienda stia cercando di rinnovarsi, copiando la strategia di Aritzia e aggiungendo marchi terzi come Sperry o Puma. Questo contesto ricco di dettagli commerciali e conversazioni reali è perfetto per imparare l'inglese con YouTube, soprattutto per chi vuole esercitarsi nella comprensione di argomenti attuali e nel shadowspeak.
5 frasi chiave per la comunicazione quotidiana
- "Taking a page out of someone's playbook": Significa "copiare la strategia di qualcuno". Esempio: "L'azienda ha preso spunto dalla concorrenza, taking a page out of Aritzia's playbook".
- "Stay top of mind": Rimanere nella mente delle persone. Esempio: "Per crescere, una marca deve stay top of mind con i clienti".
- "Gravitate towards": Tirare verso sé. Esempio: "I clienti tendono a gravitate towards prodotti di qualità".
- "Dedicated space": Spazio dedicato. Esempio: "Nel nuovo negozio, i accessori hanno un dedicated space".
- "Category expansion": Espansione di categoria. Esempio: "La category expansion è chiave per la crescita di Abercrombie".
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- Ascolta e ripeti a tempo: Riproduci un frammento di 5-10 secondi, poi ripetilo immediatamente, cercando di imitare l'intonazione e la velocità. Concentrati su frasi come "We're in Soho, the heart of New York City's fashion district" per esercitare la pronuncia di nomi geografici.
- Analizza le connessioni: Nelle conversazioni reali, le parole si connettono spesso. Ad esempio, "what Abercrombie did here is" diventa "whadabercrombie did here is". Nota queste connessioni e ripetile per sembrare più naturale.
- Focus sulle espressioni idiomatiche: Frasi come "taking a page out of" o "stay top of mind" sono comuni nel business. Ripetile più volte finché non le usi senza sforzo.
- Partecipa attivamente: Immagina di essere il reporter e ripeti le domande e le risposte come se stavi intervistando. Questo aiuta nella pratica di conversazione in inglese e nella confidenza.
Con questo video, non solo impari vocaboli specifici del fashion, ma anche come comunicare idee strategiche in modo chiaro. Lo shadow speech ti permetterà di internalizzare le strutture linguistiche e diventare più fluido nel parlare inglese.
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