Eddie Bauer, 106-year-old retail brand operator closing all stores in bankruptcy

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

then they are managed by a public or private equity company that collects brands. Many shoe lines do this, the former Martha Stewart is part of one, there are sporting goods brand collections.

We're to the point where there are only a handful of department store type retailers remaining, Macy's, Kohl's, Nordstrom perhaps the more prominent. And the back side of Kohl's looks like Marshall's or Ross. Of course not much is made in the U.S. of A.