CD Available Beginning Today at All American Eagle Outfitters Stores Across the Country.100% of $10 Retail Price Goes to Oxfam AmericaAlbum Cover Designed by Hatch Show Print(R)
PITTSBURGH, Feb 22, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO), in partnership with Filter
Magazine, today announced that it will offer customers an exclusive
compilation CD to benefit relief and recovery efforts in Haiti. The CD,
entitled "Hear to Help," is available beginning today through March 19
in all 938 stores across the U.S. and Canada, while supplies last. The
CD will be available online at www.ae.com
beginning February 24.
One hundred percent of the $10 retail price will go directly to Oxfam
America, an international relief and development organization that
creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. In Haiti,
Oxfam's efforts include providing water, latrines, plastic sheeting,
cash, and relief materials to those who have gathered in temporary camps
both within the city and in hard-hit outlying areas.
"Thanks to the generosity of our partners, Filter Magazine and Hatch
Show Print(R), the 'Hear to Help' CD enables AE customers to
experience a compilation of special tracks that are not available
elsewhere," said Steve Kubinski, vice president of marketing operations,
American Eagle Outfitters. "We know that support for Haiti's relief and
recovery efforts will continue after the initial outpouring of support,
and we are excited to give our customers an opportunity to be a part of
that."
"We are so grateful for the unbelievable generosity of the artists,
labels, managers, and publishers to donate their works to this great
cause," said Alan Miller, co-owner of FILTER Creative Group and FILTER
Magazine.
The exclusive compilation includes the following 17 tracks:
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Beck: "Volcano" (acoustic version)
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Snow Patrol: "You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will." (Bright Eyes
cover)
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Keane: "Black Burning Heart" (version français)
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Air: "So Light Is Her Footfall" (Breakbot Remix)
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Charlotte Gainsbourg: "Dandelion"
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Julian Casablancas: "Long Island Blues"
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: "Am I Only" (ReMix)
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The Breeders: "We're Gonna Rise"
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Vampire Weekend: "Cousinz" (Toy Selectah Mex-More Remix)
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Noah And The Whale: "Love of An Orchestra" (Chew Fu Fix)
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Camera Obscura: "The World is Full of Strangers"
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Minus The Bear: "Broken China"
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Of Montreal: "Take Me Out" (Live Cover Of Franz Ferdinand)
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Busdriver: "Running Water"
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Surfer Blood: "Take It Easy" (Drop the Lime Remix)
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Grizzly Bear: "Boy From School" (Hot Chip cover)
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AM: "Endings Are Beginnings" (Piano Mix)
About American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
American
Eagle Outfitters, Inc., through its subsidiaries, ("AEO, Inc.")offers
high-quality, on-trend clothing, accessories and personal care products
at affordable prices. The American Eagle Outfitters(R) brand
targets 15 to 25 year old girls and guys, with 938 stores in the U.S.
and Canada and online at www.ae.com.
aerie(R) by american eagle offers Dormwear(R) and
intimates collections for the AE(R) girl, with 137 standalone
stores in the U.S. and Canada and online at www.aerie.com.
MARTIN + OSA(R) provides clothing and accessories for 28 to 40
year old men and women at its 28 stores and online at www.martinandosa.com.
The latest brand, 77kids(TM) by american eagle(TM), is available online only
at www.77kids.com.
77kids offers "kid cool," durable clothing and accessories for kids ages
two to 10. AE.COM(R), the online home of the brands of AEO,
Inc. ships to more than 60 countries worldwide.
About FILTER Creative Group
FILTER
Creative Group is a fast-growing entertainment and lifestyle marketing
agency devoted to championing quality music, fashion, film, products,
and services of substance. FILTER has implemented marketing and
advertising campaigns for numerous major companies, including Toyota,
Macys, Dickies, Nike, Universal, Warner Brothers, Capitol Music Group,
Interscope Records, Columbia Records, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, Ben
Sherman, Landmark Theatres, VTech, Denny's and many others. FILTER
Creative Group also has a publishing company that produces the
international music magazine, FILTER. For more information please visit www.FILTERcreativegroup.com.
About Hatch Show Print(R)
Hatch
Show Print(R) is one of the oldest working letterpress print
shops inthe United States.Founded in 1879, the shop
blossomed in the 1920s under the steady hand of Will T. Hatch, who
applied his own bold style in hand carving the wood blocks used in the
letterpress process. For much of the twentieth century, the firm's
vibrant, colorful posters served as a leading advertising medium for
southern entertainment. Now owned and operated by the not-for-profit
Country Music Hall of Fame(R) and Museum, Hatch Show Print not
only maintains the original, hand-carved wood blocks and massive, old
letter presses for producing restrikes of classic designs, but also
creates new art that continues the venerable firm's tradition. For more
information, please visit www.hatchshowprint.org.
About Oxfam America
Oxfam
America is an international relief and development organization that
creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Together
with individuals and local groups in more than 100 countries, Oxfam
saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social
justice. We are an affiliate of Oxfam International. More on our work
can be found at www.oxfamamerica.org.
SOURCE: American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
Laurie Bibbo, 212-465-4095
bibbol@ae.com
or
FILTER
Alan Miller, 323-464-4775
miller@filtermmm.com
or
Hatch Show Print
Tina Wright, 615-416-2084
twright@countrymusichalloffame.org
or
Oxfam America
Bob Ferguson, 908-656-0038
bferguson@oxfamamerica.org