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Tuck Your Black Cards Back in Your Wallets, Billionaires; Bidding on Eddie Bauer is Officially Closed

As our own Damon Agnos,called it, come August the Pacific Northwest's favorite outdoor apparel monger will cease to be a local company. Yesterday, San Francisco equity group Golden Gate Capital agreed to pay $286,000,000 in cash for the apparel chain, outbidding the skinflints at CCMP Capital by mo ... More >>

If That Few Hundred Million Is Burning a Hole in Your Pocket, You Could Buy Eddie Bauer Today

Go for it, Howard. But it'll take more than Eddie Bauer to pay your debt.Everybody's favorite local outdoor apparel chain--or at least the favorite local outdoor apparel chain of Ford Explorers and famous dis tracks--is on the auction block today. Bidding started mid-morning, New York time, but is e ... More >>

Eddie Bauer Dropped from the Nasdaq Index

Today in failing retailers news: the Puget Sound Business Journal reports barring appeals, Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc. will be suspended from Nasdaq stock index effective June 26. The move comes just days after the Bellvue-based apparel giant filed for bankruptcy protection amidst a massive downturn i ... More >>

Eddie Bauer Starts a New Chapter: Number 11

The brand that provided plaid flannel for the Grunge revolution and the hiking trail, that got shout-outs from sources as diverse as Ford and rap's most famous dis track, declared bankruptcy today. The move was expected, of course, and Eddie Bauer survived a bankruptcy declaration by its parent comp ... More >>

Eddie Bauer Nears Chapter 11, Says Bloomberg News

As we've reported, troubled Bellevue retailer Eddie Bauer is in big trouble. After spending hundreds of thousands to launch a "guide-tested" line of outdoor gear on Mt. Everest, it may again be headed to bankruptcy. Bloomberg News says that the money-losing, heavily indebted company is in talks to b ... More >>

A Message from the Print Edition

You're reading this on your computer screen, so I'm not sure you love me anymore. But you should, because I'm beautiful, namely due to glorious photographs and the graphic design acumen of one Jane Sherman. I'm the print edition of Seattle Weekly, and here's (some of) what's in me this week: A Bel ... More >>

The Other Hiking Boot Drops at Eddie Bauer

Just as we wrote about Eddie Bauer's new First Ascent line of outdoor gear, to be launched with a climb of Everest that's currently underway, there are reports the Bellevue company may be sold. Bloomberg News is reporting that the money-losing company may be sold. Founded in 1920, Eddie Bauer became ... More >>

Eddie Bauer: Falling Stock, Climbing Everest

The retailer’s CEO enlists mountain men to remake its image.

The Casino, the Mayor's Son, and the Shuffle That May Have Suckered Them Both

Once thought of as political operative material, Jacob Nickels was part of a nationwide casino-cheating ring, prosecutors say.

The Creative

Kristen Ramirez paints her wardrobe with a wild palette.

Thoroughbred

Thirty years ago in Seattle Weekly.

Who Killed Lesser Seattle?

Our boomtown has gotten too big for its britches.

This Week's Reads

Nora Johnson, James Lyons, and Lesley Hazleton.

For Every Pocketbook

Nora Johnson, James Lyons, and Lesley Hazleton.

Here's Queer in Your Eye

Nora Johnson, James Lyons, and Lesley Hazleton.

Letters to the Editor

"Thank God our president cares enough about my future grandchildren to rid the world of the evil trying to do us in."

Atrocity Exhibition

A very unscientific study of the latest big thing.

Finding the Right Outlet

Try racing around Auburn for some below-retail rewards.

Doing Santa's Bidding

Want cut-rate khakis or Clinton collectibles? Tips on tapping the eBay universe.

Local Heroes

The definitive outdoor gifts from the definitive Seattle companies.

Superior in Seattle

On the innumerable tiny ways in which being a snob is codified hereabouts.

Sexy in Seattle?

You know you want it—here's how to get it.

Hungry drinker, crouching barfly

Wear red, go Chinoise.

For What It's Worth

Wear red, go Chinoise.

Thanks for the memories

Seattle musicians and scenesters share their favorite live moments of 2000.

Flights of fancy

Catherine Kent's jewelry can be found on any runway.

Master of his domain

A Seattle salesman is using some tiny Indian Ocean islands to start what he hopes will be the next Internet land rush.

Serafina

A Seattle salesman is using some tiny Indian Ocean islands to start what he hopes will be the next Internet land rush.

Best Clerks

A Seattle salesman is using some tiny Indian Ocean islands to start what he hopes will be the next Internet land rush.

Movin' on Up

A Seattle salesman is using some tiny Indian Ocean islands to start what he hopes will be the next Internet land rush.

Where did you go today?

Avenue A tells advertisers what works on the Web.

AD NAUSEAM?

The wide-open spaces of the Internet present advertisers with a peculiar mix of opportunity and peril.

Lists of the '90s

Instant Nostalgia issue

Cashdrain.com

Recent moves by Microsoft and Amazon.com may be signs of desperation.

Scenes From A Whistler junket

My boss sent me to Canada, and all I got was this lousy hangover.