American Eagle Outfitters Scheduled to Present at the 15th Annual Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference

Business Wire, Sept 2, 2008

PITTSBURGH -- American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) today announced that the company is scheduled to participate in the 15th Annual Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference. The presentation will be Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. A link to the live webcast will be available from the 'AE Investment Info' page under About AE on our website, www.ae.com.

About American Eagle Outfitters:

American Eagle Outfitters, through its subsidiaries ("AEO"), designs, markets and sells its own brand of laidback, current clothing targeting 15 to 25 year-olds, providing high-quality merchandise at affordable prices. The original collection includes standards like jeans and graphic Ts as well as essentials like accessories, outerwear, footwear, basics and swimwear. AEO currently operates 877 stores in 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and 77 AE stores in Canada. AEO also operates ae.com([R]), which offers additional sizes and styles of favorite AE([R]) merchandise and ships to more than sixty countries around the world. The American Eagle([R]) brand also includes a Dormwear([R]) collection, aerie[TM], which is available in 83 standalone stores, AE stores and at aerie.com. The collection includes bras, undies, camis, hoodies, robes, boxers, sweats and leggings for the AEO girl. Designed to be sweetly sexy, comfortable and cozy, the aerie brand offers AEO customers a new way to express their personal style everyday, from the dormroom to the coffee shop to the classroom.

MARTIN OSA([R]), a concept targeting 28 to 40 year-old women and men, offers Refined Casual[TM] clothing and accessories, designed to be valuable, irresistible, inspiring, authentic and adventurous. AEO currently operates 24 MARTIN OSA stores. For additional information and updates, visit www.martinandosa.com.

AEO plans to launch a children's apparel brand, 77kids by american eagle[TM], offering on-trend, high-quality clothing and accessories for kids age two to 10. The 77kids[TM] line will debut online at www.77kids.com during Fiscal 2008, with brick-and-mortar stores in the U.S. planned for 2010.