Aeropostale Launches Back-To-School Campaign Of All Star Proportions

About Aéropostale
Aéropostale, Inc. is a specialty retailer of casual apparel and accessories, principally serving young women and men through its Aéropostale® and Aéropostale Factory™ stores and website and 4 to 12 year-olds through its P.S. from Aéropostale stores and website. The Company provides customers with a focused selection of high quality fashion and fashion basic merchandise at compelling values in an exciting and customer friendly store environment. Aéropostale maintains control over its proprietary brands by designing, sourcing, marketing and selling all of its own merchandise. As of May 1, 2016 the Company operated 739 Aéropostale® stores in 50 states and Puerto Rico, 41 Aéropostale stores in Canada and 25 P.S. from Aéropostale® stores in 12 states. In addition, pursuant to various licensing agreements, the Company's licensees currently operate 322 Aéropostale® and P.S. from Aéropostale® locations in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Since November 2012, Aéropostale, Inc. has operated GoJane.com, an online women's fashion footwear and apparel retailer.

About Aly Raisman
Aly Raisman, born and raised in Needham, Massachusetts, is an American gymnast. Captain of the U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team in 2012 and the first U.S. gymnast to win gold in the floor exercise Aly began her career at just 2 years old when her mother enrolled her in a "mommy and me" gymnastics class. Her career took off from there and at the age of 14, she was competing on an elite level. A respected leader, Aly was the most decorated U.S. gymnast at the 2012 London Olympics, winning two gold medals and one bronze, and captained the "Fierce Five" gold medal-winning women's gymnastics team to its first team gold medal since the 1996 Olympic Games. Aly is currently training to become the first American female gymnast to make back-to-back Olympic teams in more than 15 years.

About DeAndre Yedlin
DeAndre Yedlin, born and raised in Seattle, Washington, is an American soccer player. His diverse skill-set and exceptional speed allows him to play as both a right back and as an outside midfielder. In 2013, at just 19 years old, DeAndre signed with the Seattle Sounders as their first-ever homegrown player. Not only was DeAndre the first rookie to be named to the MLS All-Star Team since 2005, but he was also an MLS Rookie of the Year Finalist. That year he was also named to the United States Under-20 Men's National Team for the 2013 U-20 World Cup. The following year, Yedlin was called up to the senior Men's National Team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil where he appeared in three matches as the US advanced out of the Group of Death. As a result of his breakout performance in the 2014 World Cup, Yedlin was named 2014 U.S. Soccer Young Player of the Year. After the World Cup DeAndre signed a four-year contract with one of the world's top clubs, Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League. In 2015, after a team-high 19 Men's National Team appearances, Yedlin was a 2015 US Soccer Player of the Year nominee. He currently plays for the English Premier League club Sunderland AFC, where he's been on loan from Tottenham since 2015.

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