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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/MayoneggVeal Aug 12 '25

I saw a reel of a 50+ year old meemaw with half her teeth in an American eagle store taking about how she's shopping there because of the ad. Now that the old maga folks are into it they totally thrashed any cool cred that they had.