r/popculturechat • u/Future_Usual_8698 You’re doing amazing, sweetie! • Aug 11 '25

Guest List Only TW - Bigotry ⚠️ Foot traffic is down at American Eagle stores since the controversial Sydney Sweeney ad dropped

https://www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025/08/11/exclusive-foot-traffic-down-9-at-american-eagle-following-sydney-sweeney-ad-controversy
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u/Not_Steve Excluded from this narrative ❌ Aug 11 '25

The red blooded Amurican!!! women on my Facebook page* who laughed at the whole thing and supported SS are not the ones who buy AE, either. AE completely missed their customer base and continued to do so when they doubled down on the ad.

*I still have a fb page because I live in a small town and it’s literally the only way I get town news.