The operator of roughly 180 Eddie Bauer stores across the U.S. and Canada has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming declining sales and a litany of other industry headwinds

The operator of roughly 180 Eddie Bauer retail and outlet stores across the United States and Canada has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing declining sales and mounting pressures across the retail industry.

Eddie Bauer, a 106-year-old retailer, points to declining sales and "tariff certainty" as factors behind its latest move to seek bankruptcy protection.

The operator of Eddie Bauer stores in the U.S. and Canada has filed for bankruptcy, becoming the latest retailer to do so as headwinds challenge the industry.

Eddie Bauer LLC filed for bankruptcy protection in New Jersey on Monday, beginning liquidation sales at 180 of its outdoor apparel stores in the U.S. and Canada, while keeping the door open for a buyer to acquire the company’s entire brick-and-mortar retail business.

The operator of roughly 180 Eddie Bauer stores across the U.S. and Canada has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming declining sales and a litany of other industry headwinds

The operator of roughly 180 Eddie Bauer stores across the U.S. and Canada has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming declining sales and a litany of other industry headwinds.

The operator of roughly 180 Eddie Bauer stores across the US and Canada has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming declining sales and a litany of other industry headwinds. The bankruptcy filing marks the third time in a little over two decades for the storied-but-now-tired brand that began as a Seattle fishing shop,