If there’s one topic that absolutely every marketer seems to have an opinion on at the moment – whether spoken out loud, or silently in coffee huddles, or not verbalised but constantly thought about – it’s New York Stock Exchange-listed American Eagle Outfitters’ Sydney Sweeney campaign.
The discussions brought back the age-old debate about how marketing campaigns ought to be judged and measured – whether success is purely based on business outcomes, brand sentiment and brand lift studies, or its social impact and effectiveness in terms of moving the needle on purpose-led conversations?
At the time of writing, American Eagle shares had climbed 17 per cent since the July 23 launch
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