Revenues at A&F Hollister double

The owners of US clothing labels, Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister have not taken long to convert the frenzy that greeted the opening of their Dublin stores into handsome profits.

New accounts filed with the Companies Office show the US- owned A&F Hollister Ireland Ltd recorded pre-tax profits last year of €457,063 as revenues almost doubled to €15.8m.

Ireland’s first Hollister store opened at the Dundrum Town Centre in Jul 2011 while the country’s first A&F& store opened at Dublin’s College Green on Nov 1 last year.