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2naSalit

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Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 07:34 AM

Mar 13

And a few others have either sold to other retailers or closed because they priced themselves out of existence. We can't afford their stuff no matter how much we need such products. With the wages of the common worker who works outdoors, especially in the hospitality and recreation industries, $200 winter coats or boots or hiking boots aren't obtainable. REI went south about ten years ago and I'm not sure what happened to Pategonia but they were all too expensive after a while. Almost all of the products are imported so I can imagine they can't keep going.

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Eddie Bauer, 106-year-old retail brand operator closing all stores in bankruptcy [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 13 OP

Wow Prairie Gates Mar 13 #1

They... 2naSalit Mar 13 #2

Why go to a middle man when The Wizard Mar 13 #3

This greed was going on long before that idiot came along. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Mar 13 #4

Yes... 2naSalit Mar 13 #22

Patagucci? At least they are trying to be sustainable and AllyCat Mar 13 #6

I haven't bought anything from them in years but that did make quality outdoor gear. Botany Mar 13 #5

True dat! Klondike Kat Mar 13 #8

My first venture into an Eddie store was their first day of a winter sale CrispyQ Mar 13 #28

Another victim of - werdna Mar 13 #7

Obsessively getting bigger... GiqueCee Mar 13 #9

THIS! mdbl Mar 13 #17

Apt ck4829 Mar 13 #25

I would love to know the sales/rent they made/paid on their 29th St Mall store in Boulder. -nt CrispyQ Mar 13 #29

In retrospect... GiqueCee Mar 14 #31

It will still have it's e-commerce operations. Native Mar 13 #10

Thanks for noting that. WestMichRad Mar 13 #12

They were good at that - I remember when all of them were just catalogues TBF Mar 13 #18

I remember having a Eddie Bauer flannel back in the 90s. Tommy Carcetti Mar 13 #11

Last year I scores an Eddie Bauer multigraincracker Mar 13 #13

bankruptcy is part of edhopper Mar 13 #14

"Spiegel"! Havent heard that name in a very long time BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 13 #15

Thank you edhopper Mar 13 #21

That's the truth of it. The brands survive and maybe a few profitable lines or items bucolic_frolic Mar 13 #27

When wages don't keep up with inflation dlk Mar 13 #16

I always say, if you're going to have a business, on no account must you allow a business person to manage it. Aristus Mar 13 #19

For real ck4829 Mar 13 #24

yet another retailer who priced themselves right out of business. mwmisses4289 Mar 13 #20

... Golden Age! ck4829 Mar 13 #23

I honestly had no idea they were still around! Initech Mar 13 #26

Dig deep and we'll see self dealing Bobstandard Mar 13 #30