American Eagle's logistics arm Quiet Platforms announced Tuesday that it was expanding its partnership with sports retailer Fanatics by adding same-day and next-day delivery to more markets.
Quiet will add service capabilities for Fanatics in cities such as Houston, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle next year, according to the release. Same-day and next-day delivery options became available in May for Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas and St. Louis.
Quiet said it prioritized certain markets to help Fanatics prepare for the peak season.
"We are now focused on serving Fanatics and their consumers as we head into peak - so, the rollout and operationalization of new facilities takes a back seat to that execution in the short term," a spokesperson wrote in an email to Supply Chain Dive. "We will return to network build out as we move into Jan/Feb of 2023."
The extended partnership paves the way for Quiet to offer same-day and next-day national delivery service to other customers using the logistics company’s connected network, said Shekar Natarajan American Eagle chief supply chain officer and head of Quiet Platforms, in the release.
Quiet counts Peloton, Steve Madden, Li & Fung among the more than 60 customers in its network.
In a Q1 earnings call from May, American Eagle COO Michael Rempell said Quiet is positioned to meet the growing retailer demand for faster delivery options.
"Clearly, positioning inventory closer to customers, being able to get supply chain efficiencies, being able to have fast and efficient delivery, it is the future," he said. "It is the way that retailers are going to want to operate."
