How Jennifer Foyle Grew Aerie Into A $2 Billion Brand

In this episode of C-Suite Unscripted, the Jennifer Foyle, President and Executive Creative Director of AE & Aerie breaks down the deeply personal origin of the groundbreaking #AerieReal campaign and explains why the brand is making a firm commitment to reject AI-generated models in its marketing. Foyle also shares her unfiltered retail career journey, detailing her training at Bloomingdale’s, her turnaround strategies at J.Crew, and how she came to realize that maintaining an open-door policy allows brilliant ideas to surface from anywhere—including a bold pitch from a summer intern.