kmitch35

American Eagle Outfitters' Wings May Be Falling Off

I have no idea what all that means. All I know is that my 5th grade daughter and her slew of friends are just waiting for the day when they will be big enough to wear AEO. Then, I go pick up her 6th grade friend from school and see everyone wearing an AEO sweatshirt - not aber, hollis, gap, or old navy. AEO is one of the only brands that my 5'10", 16 year old niece wears because they carry tall at a decent price. You think teens don't have much money to shop? Perhaps that's true. But again, all those middle school kids that were wearing the AEO sweatshirts were all talking on cell phones - 6th-8th grades and they don't have after-school jobs. This is rural Texas, dairy country, tractors and pick-ups. Gas is over $3.00 a gallon and I don't see anyone trading their Suburban in for an economical car. You can't haul around 3 kids, 6 bags of shavings and 4 bags of feed in a 45 mi/gal car. AEO has a decent product at a decent price and a whole lot of kids like it and that means a whole lot of parents will be driving them to the mall this weekend in their Suburbans right after they unload the feed from the back. Just my very down to earth, under-analyzed, common 2 cents.