Eddie Bauer _ the 106-year-old label that pioneered outdoor sportswear _ files Chapter 11

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ANNE D'INNOCENZIO

Mon, February 9, 2026 astatine 8:05 AM CST 2 min read

NEW YORK (AP) — The relation of astir 180 Eddie Bauer stores crossed the U.S. and Canada has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Eddie Bauer LLC said Monday it had entered into a restructuring pact with its secured lenders arsenic it made the filing successful the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.

The bankruptcy filing marks the third clip successful a substance of a small implicit 2 decades for the storied-but-now-tired marque that began arsenic a Seattle sportfishing shop, aboriginal outfitted the archetypal American to ascent Mount Everest and made thousands of newfangled down jackets and sleeping bags for the subject during World War I.

According to the release, Eddie Bauer retail and outlet stores successful the U.S. and Canada volition stay unfastened and proceed serving customers arsenic the institution begins its process of winding down definite stores. It noted that it volition behaviour a court-supervised income process, and if a merchantability can't beryllium executed, it volition statesman a wind-down of its U.S. and Canadian operations.

“This is not an casual decision,” said Marc Rosen, CEO of Catalyst Brands, which maintains the licence to run Eddie Bauer stores successful the U.S. and Canada. “However, this restructuring is the champion mode to optimize worth for the retail company’s stakeholders and besides guarantee Catalyst Brands remains profitable and with beardown liquidity and currency flow.”

Eddie Bauer’s retail store locations extracurricular of the U.S. and Canada are operated by different licensees, are not included successful the Chapter 11 filings, and volition proceed operating successful the mean course.

Authentic Brands Group continues to ain the intelligence spot associated with the Eddie Bauer marque and whitethorn licence the marque to different operators, the institution said. The operations of different brands successful the Catalyst Brands portfolio are not affected by this filing and volition proceed successful the mean course, according to the release.

Eddie Bauer’s e-commerce and wholesale operations volition not beryllium impacted by the upwind down, arsenic they are operated by a institution called Outdoor 5, LLC.