orange fury
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Like others have said, that looks like something I would buy at Cabelas or REI, and I already love my Merrells. AE needs to stick to what they do well and stop trying to break into these additional markets. I say that as someone who IS in the outdoorsy market they seem to be pursuing with this, and I’m not interested in buying AE’s for that purpose.
So now AE sales associates are allowed to wear t-shirt, jeans and sneakers on Fridays?
Yeesh- the jeans and sneakers okay, but t-shirts for a sales role? I’m sorry but even Foot Locker and Walmart have their employees wear polos.
And on sneakers- the AE ones look fine, but honestly, if I’m buying sneakers, I’m going with a company that specializes in them. I won’t buy dress shoes from Adidas, but I’d sure as hell buy some Stan Smiths (and have been meaning to, if we’re honest).
Also, I’m several martinis in and just made a not-entirely-sober, not-on-topic purchase. I would be coy, but it’s the Smathers and Branson Astros World Series belt that I’ve been wanting ever since it came out. Some of my favorite things (bourbon Strands and McAllisters, shell Alden LHS and LWB, etc) have been not-entirely-sober purchases, sooooo:
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