Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc. Added to Bellwether Watch List.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-29 March 2007-Large Cap News: Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc. Added to Bellwether Watch List(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29032007 Eddie Bauer Holdings is a descendant of former top US direct retailer Spiegel. The holding company is the parent of the Eddie Bauer retail business, which sells outdoorsy apparel and home furnishings through catalogs and some 380 stores throughout North America.

Eddie Bauer also licenses its name for eyewear, furniture, bicycles, and Ford SUVs. About a quarter of Eddie Bauer's sales come from catalogs and its Web site. Spiegel filed for bankruptcy in 2003 and later sold its Spiegel and Newport News catalogs to Golden Gate Capital for about $82 million. The company, which reorganized and emerged from Chapter 11...