Bossypants: American Eagle Puts Teens in Charge of New Jeans Campaign
Business Wars Daily
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4.6 • 717 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2019
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Today is Thursday, February 7, and we’re looking at American Eagle vs. Levis.
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| 1:09.6 | American Eagles' latest ads don't look much like ads at all. |
| 1:14.0 | That's because its marketing executives made a remarkable choice, |
| 1:18.1 | one that would be hard for any adult to make. |
| 1:21.5 | They put a bunch of teenagers in charge. |
| 1:24.1 | In this case, they turned creative control of their ad campaign over to the kids. |
| 1:29.9 | The clothing company, which has increasingly built its brand around diversity and authenticity, |
| 1:35.3 | found 10 teenagers of many different races, ethnicities, and sexual orientations, and asked them to document their lives. |
| 1:43.2 | The teens, selected from social media, |
| 1:45.8 | shot the images using smartphones and film cameras. |
| 1:49.2 | American Eagle says no exotic locations were used. |
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