ABERCROMBIE & FITCH GOES WITH CELARIX

NEXTJET PARTNERS WITH AMERICAN    Abercrombie & Fitch, the upscale casual apparel retailer, said it will implement Celarix Inc.'s Shipper Solution to connect with more than 45 trading partners and to manage shipments from more than 40 countries.
   The retailer will use Celarix's Web-based product to improve retail planning, inventory and distribution needs through automatically tracking product movements for all orders, down to the SKU level, from departure from the factory until arrival at a distribution center.
   'By connecting A&F with all its trading partners via a Web-based solution, the company will be able to communicate much more efficiently with all vendors, and improve its internal inventory and product distribution functions with a process that's smoother, faster and more reliable,' said Evan Schumacher, chief executive officer of Celarix.
   Celarix, based in Cambridge, Mass.,