Future

Throughout 2008, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. plans on increasing its gross square-footage to 11% by adding 110 additional stores by the end of this year (domestically and overseas). Abercrombie & Fitch will open 3, abercrombie 17, HCO 67, RUEHL 6, and GH 16.
$300 million USD are being directed towards the completion of the Hollister flagship in New York and the A&F flagships in Copenhagen and Tokyo.
Expansion campaign
Canada
Canadian expansion is expected to continue, with more mall store locations for both brands in upcoming years.

Europe
The company has been considering European expansion for years and decided to enter the European market believing that the demand for Abercrombie & Fitch has grown strong there. After its expansion into the United Kingdom in 2007, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. plans to continue expansion in the area with key locations - preliminary talks about opening a store in Dublin, Ireland, have been held.  Abercrombie & Fitch has been attempting to secure locations in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Denmark and Sweden. For fiscal 2008, the company plans to open four Hollister Co. stores as well in the UK.

  • Copenhagen flagship: Opening (along with the HCO in SoHo and the A&F in Tokyo)in 2009. Located at Kobmagergade 11in a 16,000 sq ft (1,500 m2) space (first constructed in 1910), the flagship has been designed to implement old neoclassical Danisharchitecture along with the A&F lifestyle.

  • Milan flagship: Marketing has gone up on what is to become another A&F flagship in the Italian fashion capital. To open in 2009.

  • Paris flagship: Approval has just gone through for the contruction of an A&F flagship on the famed Champs-Élysées. It is expected to open doors in 2011.


Asia
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. has announced plans to open a flagship store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan in 2009. “Abercrombie & Fitch Announces Planned Tokyo Store in 2009”. Abercrombie & Fitch Co.. Retrieved on December 13, 2008. The location would be the fourth overall and the second international flagship of the Abercrombie & Fitch brand.

Latin America
The company has announced plans to expand into the Latin American market, starting with two stores in the Tolon Fashion Mall of Caracas, Venezuela.