{"id":23775,"date":"2025-08-22T14:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carma.com\/?p=23775"},"modified":"2025-09-15T07:42:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T07:42:25","slug":"sydney-sweeney-jeans-ad-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carma.com\/es\/sydney-sweeney-jeans-ad-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"What did the Sydney Sweeney Jeans ad really do for American Eagle?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Media frenzy around the ad led to huge amounts of buzz, with a surge in stock prices after President Trump weighed in on the discussion. But as the debate polarized across the U.S., was this ultimately a net positive or negative for American Eagle?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our latest analysis digs into the <em>data behind the headlines<\/em> \u2014 from news sentiment and social chatter, to web traffic and search interest. 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