Eddie Bauer bankrupt and closing stores in the U.S. and Canada

I'm disappointed, I love the First Ascent line, especially the pants for travelling.

A sad end.

very disappointing.....My favorite raincoat ever was an Eddie Bauer with zipper closing outside pockets & 2 internal pockets it went all over with me.

I love my many Eddie Bauer items, especially coats & jackets. Very sad.

My guess would be that the brands and designs will be picked up by another company and blended into their product, Now, will they be the same? Who knows.

I agree with others though, it is a bit of a shame, of my clothes I usually bring when I travel, maybe a third to half are Eddie Bauer items. (Though probably half of those I picked up at Costco, not a store)

Sierra has quite a bit of EB merchandise, including the Girl on the Go trench that I've seen mentioned on the forum.

And will not be the last. The "Amazon" style of shopping is killing general retail. I think all the Sears stores are going. Any new shopping malls being built?

Let's clarify this.

The operator of Eddie Bauer STORES in the US and Canada has filed for Chapeter 11 bankruptcy. They are reorganizing and looking for a buyer.

This does not affect stores in other countries nor their online ecommerce operations which are run by different licensees.

The "Amazon" style of shopping is killing general retail.

Amen! Just like Walmart, they've put far, far too many small businesses out of business. I might be a recalcitrant curmudgeon, but I won't buy from either one unless it is something I can't do without (a very rare thing) and can't find it anywhere else.

I'm sorry to hear this, I have a number of EB items.
EagleCreek was in a similar situation a few years ago, and was eventually revived by new owners.

As the OP mentioned, the website offerings have been drastically cut, so it seems it's more than the closing of US stores.

Thanks, Frank II, for the clarification. I guess I've never noticed or realized that Eddie Bauer had stores or operations outside of the United States or Canada.

TC, you might be but you have company. I grew up in rural, central Nebraska in the 40s,50s in a big, sandhill town (4,000) and my Dad was a local merchant selling everything from bolts, paint, nails to tires with some furniture and sometimes a rifle or two. Walmart and the strip mall did in a lot of the downtown merchants. And then the meat packing plants came providing so so paying jobs but lots of them. And now they are gone. The current administration has thrown the grain farmers under the bus and laughs about it since most of them are suckers. It is tough living in the mid-west.  Not sure what will happens in NB, KS, the Dakotas, but the depopulation is a serious problem.

There's a reason we shop at Amazon. I recently ordered two cosmetic items from Amazon because the stores(Walmart and Walgreen) where I had previously purchased them no longer carried them.

I saw the one near us was closing and assumed it was just the Canadian stores. Surprised it's all.