American Eagle announces new men's brand (Score 11)

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  • American Eagle (AE) announced it will launch a new men's apparel sub-brand. 
  • It will feature new and innovative options.
  • It is set to launch in spring 2023. 
  • Details are sparse, but we will be sure to update you as soon as more information becomes available. 

AE's target demographic: Gen-Zers

The company will likely:

  • Seek agency assistance
  • Launch a campaign to promote the sub-brand
  • Release additional new product lines

Broadcast insights (TV ad creative spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: AE has not allocated any budget toward this channel since spending $113k in 2020.
  • 2020 ad programming: It placed ads during The Basketball Tournament

Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: AE spent approximately $15.8m on digital display ads YTD. 
  • YTD data: 1.7b impressions via Instagram (50%), desktop video (27%), Facebook (22%), and desktop display (2%). 
  • Last year: Full-year spend increased by 17% from $11.3m in 2020 to $13.2m in 2021. 
  • Ad location: It placed 99% of these ads directly onto sites such as instagram.com, facebook.com, youtube.com, twitch.tv, and vogue.com. It placed 1% of these ads indirectly through The Trade Desk onto sites such as yahoo.com, chegg.com, fandom.com, sheknows.com, and realsimple.com. 

Additional channel insights  

  • AE also invests in OOH and print. 

Agency analysis:

Insight Sources: Broadcast insights estimated by iSpot; digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics; additional channel insights estimated by Kantar.