Yahoo Finance(@YahooFinance):Stagwell CEO @Mark_Penn says the company advised American Eagle to stick with the Sydney Sweeney ad, despite social media backlash. "You have to understand when to kind of run in a different direction than everybody's telling you," Penn tells @BrianSozzi.

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2026.09.28 13:28

Stagwell CEO @Mark_Penn says the company advised American Eagle to stick with the Sydney Sweeney ad, despite social media backlash. "You have to understand when to kind of run in a different direction than everybody's telling you," Penn tells @BrianSozzi.