Then the music stopped. And dancing alone in a pair of ripped jeans and no shirt was Abercrombie & Fitch. (Full disclosure: That’s about when they hired me.) Shoppers were buying clothing online.

Abercrombie sold shirts that offended customers. Abercrombie & Fitch recalled a number of men's t-shirts after Asian American groups boycotted the company. The t-shirts relied on a number of Asian ...