Eddie Bauer - Fashion Company Profile
Eddie Bauer is the Seattle outdoor brand founded in 1920 - the maker of the patented Skyliner down jacket and the B-9 Flight Parka, and the outfitter of the first American ascent of Everest. The brand's intellectual property is owned today by Authentic Brands Group; in February 2026 its North American store operator filed Chapter 11 and the US and Canadian stores were wound down, while the brand continues online and through wholesale under licensee Outdoor 5 LLC.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Brand operating online and through wholesale - its intellectual property is owned by Authentic Brands Group; the North American store operator, Eddie Bauer LLC (Catalyst Brands), filed Chapter 11 on February 9, 2026 and the US and Canadian stores were wound down, while e-commerce and wholesale continued under licensee Outdoor 5 LLC
- Type
- Brand of Authentic Brands Group (the earlier Eddie Bauer Holdings was public after its 2005 formation)
- Headquarters
- Bellevue, Washington, United States
- Founded
- 1920, in Seattle, Washington, as Eddie Bauer's Sport Shop
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Company Profile
The record below is the stand-alone company's own account, ending with its June 2009 Chapter 11 filing and the CCMP asset purchase agreement it announced. What followed - emergence under new owners, the move of the brand into the Authentic Brands portfolio, and the 2026 store wind-down described in the snapshot - is stated here so the older present-tense figures (some 370 stores, about 10,000 associates) are read as the period record they are. The full timeline is kept on the history page.
The founder's shadow is explicit in the filing: innovation, quality and an appreciation of the outdoors - the passions of founder Eddie Bauer - remain the cornerstone of the business. The range as described runs from classic outerwear and legendary down to casual denim and khakis, a full range of styles to complete the casual wardrobe for men and women who complement today's modern outdoor lifestyle. That breadth is the retail proposition: expedition credibility, translated into everyday clothing and gear, sold through three channels - stores, seasonal catalogs and the website - each of which the timeline below shows arriving in its turn.
Eddie Bauer History
The earlier record for this company - its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
Eddie Bauer History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
When and where was Eddie Bauer established?
In 1920 in Seattle, as Eddie Bauer's Sport Shop in downtown Seattle, in the historical timeline; at the filing the company was headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
What are Eddie Bauer's best-known historic products?
The Skyliner goose down jacket (made 1936, patented 1940), the B-9 Flight Parka commissioned by the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942 - more than 50,000 made - and the patented Bauer Shuttlecock of 1934, in the historical record.
What happened to Eddie Bauer Holdings in 2009?
On June 17, 2009 it voluntarily initiated Chapter 11 proceedings in Delaware, citing the debt burden from the 2005 Spiegel reorganization and the severe recession, and announced an asset purchase agreement with an affiliate of CCMP Capital Advisors, in the historical record.
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