Case Study: American Eagle Europe achieves full storefront ownership and scalable ecommerce with Ask Phill

American Eagle migrates 18,254 SKUs to Shopify Plus with Ask Phill

American Eagle Europe, operating both the American Eagle and Aerie brands, faced a significant bottleneck with its previous managed custom ecommerce platform. The platform's limitations left the team without autonomy, requiring external support for storefront changes and causing campaigns to move at the speed of a vendor's backlog. This challenge brought them to Ask Phill for a migration to Shopify Plus that could unify both brands without operational shock.

Ask Phill implemented a single Shopify Plus theme using their Ask Phill Accelerator base to power both distinct brands across ten markets. The solution included built-in brand detection and a brand selector, allowing navigation and styling to render appropriately while enabling the in-house team to manage both brands from one place. The migration of 18,254 SKUs was successful, and the result was complete ownership and flexibility for American Eagle's team. Iteration speed is no longer gated by external support, with improvements that previously took weeks now happening at the speed of the in-house team.

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