About a year ago, clothing brand American Eagle’s underwear line, Aerie, stopped retouching photos of their models. As their CEO Jennifer Foyle said in a statement, “There is no need to retouch beauty.” More
The results were beautiful
And profitable.
After putting the nix on retouching, quarterly comparable sales for Aerie were up 9%.
9% for that quarter. The next quarter, Q3 of 2014, up only 3% in comparable sales. But then in the next two quarters? Up 13% and 12%. Coincidence? Maybe. But I like to think it has to do with things like this pic:
