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Foot traffic down 9% at American Eagle following Sydney Sweeney ad controversy
Source: Retail Brew
Foot traffic fell 9% year over year at American Eagle stores for the week that began August 3, marking the second week of traffic declines since the retailer launched its controversial campaign featuring actor Sydney Sweeney, according to data from Pass_by provided exclusively to Retail Brew.
American Eagle launched its campaign, Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans, on July 23. For the first full week after the campaign, which began on July 27, its foot traffic declined 3.9% YoY. In both of the two full weeks preceding the campaign, its traffic increased over last year, up 5.9% on the week that began July 6 and 4.9% on the week that began July 13.
American Eagle launched its campaign, Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans, on July 23. For the first full week after the campaign, which began on July 27, its foot traffic declined 3.9% YoY. In both of the two full weeks preceding the campaign, its traffic increased over last year, up 5.9% on the week that began July 6 and 4.9% on the week that began July 13.
Retail Brew asked American Eagle to comment on the foot-traffic data. We asked whether, according to its own data, traffic and sales have increased or decreased since the campaign launched. American Eagle did not respond.
Read more: 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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Foot traffic down 9% at American Eagle following Sydney Sweeney ad controversy (Original Post)
speak easy
Aug 11
OP
Tetrachloride
(8,906 posts)1. non issue
msongs
(72,195 posts)2. another Ivanka clone....she is way too old for him nt
riversedge
(77,389 posts)3. Vocal defenders of the campaign include President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Senator Ted Cruz.
gee, scraping the bottom of the repug barrel!
As we reported previously, some have criticized the campaign for what they claim are eugenic undertones and for being oversexualized, while others, including The New York Post, dismissed the critics as a crazed woke mob. Vocal defenders of the campaign include President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Senator Ted Cruz.
BidenRocks
(2,071 posts)4. I guess dr phil LIED about buying a lot of these.
Everything chump touches, dies!