American Eagle Outfitters are a specialty retailer with 929 American Eagle stores and an ecommerce site, AE.com. They are based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States and currently have stores in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Lebanon, Dubai, and Kuwait with stores planned for Cairo, Egypt; Israel; Beijing; Shanghai; Hong-Kong; and Tokyo. AE also has 3 other brands, aerie (an intimates clothing sub-brand which targets American 15 to 21 year old females), Martin + Os (which targeted 28 to 40 year old men and women. The company closed all Martin + Osa stores in 2010), and 77kids (targeting children from newborns to 14 years of age). Currently AE has 148 aerie stores and 9 of the 77kids stores.
The AE.com website allows shoppers to browse the Men’s, Women’s, and Footwear & Accessories collections. Shoppers may also search the American Eagle Outfitters website by keyword or style number. The Men’s section of AE.com is further broken down into categories in order to make the online shopping experience as easy as possible. Men’s categories include New Arrivals, Web Exclusives, and Looks the Live In as well as Outerwear, Hoodies, Sweaters, Shirts, T’s + Thermals, Graphic T’s, Polos,
Jeans, Pants + Shorts, and Dorm Pants. Men’s Underwear is also available on the site.
In the Women’s section of AE.com, categories include New Arrivals, Web Exclusives, and Looks to Live In as well as Little Black Dresses, Fair Isle Shop, and the regular assortment of tops, bottoms, graphic t’s and swimwear. The Women’s AE shop also has footwear, accessories, and clearance items. Accessories available through AE.com include belts, bags, scarves, ties, sunglasses, cologne / fragrance and gifts.
