Exhibit 99


                           ABERCROMBIE & FITCH REPORTS
                             NOVEMBER SALES RESULTS






NEW ALBANY, Ohio / December 4, 2003 - Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) today
reported net sales of $161.2 million for the four-week period ended November 29,
2003 compared to last year's November sales of $158.7 million. November
comparable store sales decreased 13% compared with the four-week period ended
November 30, 2002.

Year-to-date, the Company reported a net sales increase of 7% to $1.309 billion
from $1.220 billion last year. Comparable store sales decreased 8% for the
year-to-date period.

Abercrombie & Fitch operated a total of 694 stores at the end of November,
including 173 abercrombie stores and 164 Hollister Co. stores. The Company
operates e-commerce websites at www.abercrombie.com, www.abercrombiekids.com,
www.hollisterco.com and publishes the A&F Quarterly.

To hear Abercrombie & Fitch's prerecorded November sales message, please dial
(800) 642-1687, followed by the conference identification number 6755238.


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For further information, call:              Thomas D. Lennox
                                            Director, Investor Relations and
                                            Corporate Communications
                                            (614) 283-6751



SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF
1995: The Company cautions that any forward-looking statements (as such term is
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) contained in
this Release, the Company's Form 10-K or made by management of the Company
involve risks and uncertainties, and are subject to change based on various
important factors. The following factors, among others, in some cases have
affected and in the future could affect the Company's financial performance and
actual results and could cause actual results for 2003 and beyond to differ
materially from those expressed or implied in any such forward-looking
statements or otherwise made by management: changes in consumer spending
patterns and consumer preferences; the effects of political and economic events
and conditions domestically and in foreign jurisdictions in which the Company
operates, including, but not limited to, acts of terrorism or war; the impact of
competition and pricing; changes in weather patterns; market price of key raw
materials; ability to source product from its global supplier base; litigation;
political stability; currency and exchange risks and changes in existing or
potential duties, tariffs or quotas; availability of suitable store locations at
appropriate terms; ability to develop new merchandise; and ability to hire,
train and retain associates.