Eddie Bauer is an outdoor clothing and sporting goods chain. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington and a subsidiary of Spiegel, Inc. , the company was founded in Seattle as Eddie Bauer's Sport Shop in 1920 by its namesake, Eddie Bauer (1899-1986), who invented the first down parka in 1936. Bauer retired and sold the company in 1968; General Mills bought Eddie Bauer in 1971, and Spiegel bought it from General Mills in 1988.
Its flagship store is in downtown Seattle's Pacific Place mall.
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