Another Gucci veteran is joining the management staff at US-led retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Thomas Mendenhall, formerly worldwide director of merchandising for Gucci, is to become senior vice president and general manager of the Albany-based company.

Mendenhall will oversee merchandising for the company's Abercrombie & Fitch division, which sells fashion clothing to a target audience of people in their late teens and early 20s, as well as its Abercrombie division, which is aimed at younger children.