Abercrombie & Fitch has agreed to pay nearly $50 million to settle a class-action discrimination lawsuit brought against the company by several minority advocacy legal groups. The suit alleged that Abercrombie discouraged applications from minorities to maintain its all-white ?A&F? look. Abercrombie's president said that they decided to settle the suit in order to prevent it from further harming the company.
See "Plaintiffs to Detail Abercrombie Deal", Julie Tamaki, Los Angeles Times, November 15, 2004