Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc. (EBH) is a holding company

Holding company

A holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself; rather, its purpose is to own shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow...

 that operates the Eddie Bauer clothing store chain, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington

Bellevue, Washington

Bellevue is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle, it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. The population was 122,363 at the 2010 census.Downtown Bellevue is...

, United States. EBH was formed after Eddie Bauer's former parent company, Spiegel, Inc.

Spiegel catalog

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, went bankrupt in 2003. Eddie Bauer currently operates three independent sales channels:

• Retail Stores - Sells "premium" Eddie Bauer merchandise
• Outlet Stores - Sells Eddie Bauer merchandise and inventory overstocks at cheaper prices
• Direct Order Center - Sells Eddie Bauer merchandise through call centers in Saint John, New Brunswick
  Saint John, New Brunswick
  City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043...
  
  , and Groveport, Ohio
  Groveport, Ohio
  Groveport is a City in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,363 at the 2010 census.Groveport was the hometown of John Solomon Rarey, a 19th century horse whisperer, and developer of the Rarey technique for rehabilitating horses...
  
  , and the website (EddieBauer.com)

The company was first established in 1920 in Seattle by Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest

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 outdoorsman, Eddie Bauer (1899 – 1986).