American Eagle Outfitters

American Eagle Outfitters
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American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.


Type
Public (NYSE: AEO)

Founded 1977

Headquarters Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Area served United States

Key people Jay L. Schottenstein (Chairman)
James V. O'Donnell (CEO)
Roger S. Markfield (Vice Chairman)
Susan P. McGalla (President & CMO)
Industry
Retail
Products
Apparel, footwear, accessories

Revenue
▲$2.8 billion USD (2006)

Employees
20,600 (2005)
Parent
Retail Ventures

Website
www.ae.com

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in the South Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1977 by Sean Peters and Frank Perretta as a subsidiary of Retail Ventures Incorporated, a company which also owned and operated Silverman's Menswear. The Silvermans sold their ownership interests in 1991. At one time, it sold brands such as OshKosh in the early 1980s, similar to Gap selling Levi's.

Other brands
In addition to its namesake brand, American Eagle, the company has developed and announced plans for several new brand and concept initiatives poised to drive new growth as the American Eagle brand nears saturation in current markets. One already launched, being Aerie.
The company's second stand-alone lifestyle concept, Martin + Osa, launched in the fall of 2006, targets men and women 25 to 40 years of age.
In the year 2001, the company acquired a Canada-based retail concept called Bluenotes, which has approximately 100 stores averaging 3,300 square feet. The concept targeted a slightly younger demographic, ages 12-22, and was positioned as a denim-driven urban/suburban lifestyle brand. Due largely to poor performance, the Bluenotes business was sold to YM Inc. in 2004.
aerie


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The line aerie was announced in February 2006 as an intimate apparel sub-brand offering bras, panties, sportyish wear, and dorm wear targeting American Eagle's core...