Comments on: Eddie Bauer: From Manly Store to Bankruptcy http://www.the-spearhead.com/2009/12/28/eddie-bauer-from-manly-store-to-bankruptcy/ Piercing the Shield of Ignorance Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:42:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Linkage is Good for You: New Years Throwback Edition | In Mala Fide http://www.the-spearhead.com/2009/12/28/eddie-bauer-from-manly-store-to-bankruptcy/#comment-18162 Linkage is Good for You: New Years Throwback Edition | In Mala Fide Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:57:38 +0000 http://www.the-spearhead.com/?p=2499#comment-18162 [...] – “Eddie Bauer: From Manly Store to Bankruptcy“, “Spearhead Store“, “Girl Uses MySpace Hookup to Rip Off Lonely, Desperate [...] [...] – “Eddie Bauer: From Manly Store to Bankruptcy“, “Spearhead Store“, “Girl Uses MySpace Hookup to Rip Off Lonely, Desperate [...]

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]]> By: Heated Jacket | Heated Gloves | Heated Clothes http://www.the-spearhead.com/2009/12/28/eddie-bauer-from-manly-store-to-bankruptcy/#comment-18159 Heated Jacket | Heated Gloves | Heated Clothes Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:18:06 +0000 http://www.the-spearhead.com/?p=2499#comment-18159 Hello, nice article full of useful and informative topics, thanks for sharing.. The hiking boots are better in the men’s department, as are most of the clothing and shoes I need for doing serious gardening, livestock tending, and hiking.It is very sad to see a company go under due to mismanagement. .. Hello, nice article full of useful and informative topics, thanks for sharing.. The hiking boots are better in the men’s department, as are most of the clothing and shoes I need for doing serious gardening, livestock tending, and hiking.It is very sad to see a company go under due to mismanagement. ..

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]]> By: Snark http://www.the-spearhead.com/2009/12/28/eddie-bauer-from-manly-store-to-bankruptcy/#comment-17477 Snark Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:42:45 +0000 http://www.the-spearhead.com/?p=2499#comment-17477 <blockquote>In the reverse order. :)</blockquote> Of course!

In the reverse order. :)

Of course!

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]]> By: 21Guns http://www.the-spearhead.com/2009/12/28/eddie-bauer-from-manly-store-to-bankruptcy/#comment-17476 21Guns Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:17:56 +0000 http://www.the-spearhead.com/?p=2499#comment-17476 <blockquote>Wine, cats and feminism, eh? Well, one does lead to the other.</blockquote> In the reverse order. :)

Wine, cats and feminism, eh?

Well, one does lead to the other.

In the reverse order. :)

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]]> By: Professor Hale http://www.the-spearhead.com/2009/12/28/eddie-bauer-from-manly-store-to-bankruptcy/#comment-17474 Professor Hale Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:49:57 +0000 http://www.the-spearhead.com/?p=2499#comment-17474 I got all of my outdoors clothing from the US Army. I can attest to you all that tha modern issue is very much superior to the 70's crap we got. Modern gear looks like it was designed by LL Bean. Fleece and Gortex. I am no longer in but still wear some of it and I don't look like a homeless person doing so, like all those guys wearing cotton field jackets. I got all of my outdoors clothing from the US Army. I can attest to you all that tha modern issue is very much superior to the 70′s crap we got. Modern gear looks like it was designed by LL Bean. Fleece and Gortex. I am no longer in but still wear some of it and I don’t look like a homeless person doing so, like all those guys wearing cotton field jackets.

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]]> By: by_the_sword http://www.the-spearhead.com/2009/12/28/eddie-bauer-from-manly-store-to-bankruptcy/#comment-17473 by_the_sword Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:34:37 +0000 http://www.the-spearhead.com/?p=2499#comment-17473 It is sad to see a company go under due to mismanagement. We can only hope that the fall of these big, sluggish, useless, beasts will make way for hungry, competent, businesses that can provide goods and services that people actually want, to move in and take their place. It is sad to see a company go under due to mismanagement. We can only hope that the fall of these big, sluggish, useless, beasts will make way for hungry, competent, businesses that can provide goods and services that people actually want, to move in and take their place.

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]]> By: Snark http://www.the-spearhead.com/2009/12/28/eddie-bauer-from-manly-store-to-bankruptcy/#comment-17463 Snark Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:01:43 +0000 http://www.the-spearhead.com/?p=2499#comment-17463 <blockquote> ‘Feminists’ applaud attack against the Pope : http://winecatsandfeminism.wordpress.com/ They call him a Nazi too (historical education is not something feminists are known for). </blockquote> Wine, cats and feminism, eh? Well, one does lead to the other.

‘Feminists’ applaud attack against the Pope :

http://winecatsandfeminism.wordpress.com/

They call him a Nazi too (historical education is not something feminists are known for).

Wine, cats and feminism, eh?

Well, one does lead to the other.

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]]> By: j r http://www.the-spearhead.com/2009/12/28/eddie-bauer-from-manly-store-to-bankruptcy/#comment-17462 j r Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:50:51 +0000 http://www.the-spearhead.com/?p=2499#comment-17462 John gets it right. this is more a story about corporate finance, then it is about a female takevoer. that's not to say there aren't larger social forces at work. i'm sure there was a time when "outdoorsy" meant either men sitting around the Explorer's Club drinking martinis and telling tales of their latest adventures or fathers and sons camping, fishing and hunting. these days, however, a significant portion of the outdoors market is SWPL types who want the latest in high-end fleece and fancy camping gear. maybe i'm wrong, but how could any outdoors brand ignore that demographic and stay viable? John gets it right. this is more a story about corporate finance, then it is about a female takevoer. that’s not to say there aren’t larger social forces at work.

i’m sure there was a time when “outdoorsy” meant either men sitting around the Explorer’s Club drinking martinis and telling tales of their latest adventures or fathers and sons camping, fishing and hunting. these days, however, a significant portion of the outdoors market is SWPL types who want the latest in high-end fleece and fancy camping gear. maybe i’m wrong, but how could any outdoors brand ignore that demographic and stay viable?

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]]> By: Fidel http://www.the-spearhead.com/2009/12/28/eddie-bauer-from-manly-store-to-bankruptcy/#comment-17451 Fidel Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:37:56 +0000 http://www.the-spearhead.com/?p=2499#comment-17451 TFH, I just took a look at the blog you linked to there..... it is a disturbing look at projection of hate .... TFH,

I just took a look at the blog you linked to there….. it is a disturbing look at projection of hate ….

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]]> By: whiskey http://www.the-spearhead.com/2009/12/28/eddie-bauer-from-manly-store-to-bankruptcy/#comment-17435 whiskey Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:45:38 +0000 http://www.the-spearhead.com/?p=2499#comment-17435 Globalman is correct. Feminizing a company is a disaster. Re: Banana Republic. They originally (in the 1980's) were a very off-beat, masculine-oriented company that would buy up surplus, weird foreign clothes and import them and sell them cheaply. I remember some amazing stuff, photo-journalist vests, cotton shirts, and australian full raincoats. Then they were purchased by the Gap and turned into a corporate purveyor of the same clothes you could get in the Gap. The whole reason for the company and brand was gone. Gone, the off-beat, Trader Joes-inspired foreign buys for cheap. Gone the weird but cool stuff for guys you could not find ANYWHERE else. Just the same sort of corporate stuff. Globalman is correct. Feminizing a company is a disaster.

Re: Banana Republic. They originally (in the 1980′s) were a very off-beat, masculine-oriented company that would buy up surplus, weird foreign clothes and import them and sell them cheaply. I remember some amazing stuff, photo-journalist vests, cotton shirts, and australian full raincoats.

Then they were purchased by the Gap and turned into a corporate purveyor of the same clothes you could get in the Gap. The whole reason for the company and brand was gone. Gone, the off-beat, Trader Joes-inspired foreign buys for cheap. Gone the weird but cool stuff for guys you could not find ANYWHERE else. Just the same sort of corporate stuff.

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