The executive will mine the brand's deep heritage as he looks to expand wholesale and its international presence.

Plano’s JCPenney and a retail company called Sparc Group announced a merger to form a new company in the market. The company, ...

Department store chain JCPenney has merged with Sparc Group LLC to create a new firm that includes Seattle-based Eddie Bauer ...

The new Catalyst Brands has over $9 billion in revenue, 1,800 store locations, 60,000 employees and $1 billion of liquidity.

It remains to be seen if merchandise bearing the names of brands like Aeropostale, Eddie Bauer and Nautica, all now aligned with JCPenney, will make their way into JCPenney stores.

The joint venture brings together Sparc Group’s Aeropostale, Brooks Brothers, Eddie Bauer, Lucky Brand and Nautica with ...

JCPenney merges with Sparc Group to form Catalyst Brands, combining six brands and boasting $9 billion in revenue.

Eddie Bauer and a handful of other brands are under the same umbrella as JCPenney after a merger between retail groups.