Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear combined under new umbrella

Golden Gate Capital has established a new operating company for two of its portfolio companies that it acquired out of bankruptcy.

The new PSEB Group is composed of Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear of California, both of which will maintain their distinct brand opportunities. It will have a retail footprint of more than 700 stores and is on track for approximately $1.5 billion in combined total sales in 2018, including $400 million in ecommerce sales. Although earlier reports suggested that Golden Gate might merge the companies in an effort to consolidate stores, there was no talk of store closings in the announcement.

“By creating PSEB and investing additional equity, we will accelerate the growth trajectories for both businesses, while preserving the autonomy and discrete cultures of each brand,” said Josh Olshansky, managing director at Golden Gate Capital. “Both brands have made great progress in the past 24 months and have generated strong performance. Bringing these two brands onto a shared platform will allow us to fuel this momentum and unlock their next stages of growth.”

Both brands are performing well, according to Golden Gate. Eddie Bauer and PacSun grew same-store sales by 6.5% and 5%, respectively, in 2017. Year-to-date, same-store sales are up 6% at Eddie Bauer and 8% at PacSun.

The two retailers will continue to operate independent front ends, with unique brand identities, design, merchandising, marketing, e-commerce and retail operations, while benefitting from shared services and enhanced scale, Golden Gate said. Eddie Bauer and PacSun stores will continue to operate as usual.

The CEO and president of Eddie Bauer, Mike Egeck, will serve as chief executive of PSEB, with oversight of both the Eddie Bauer and PacSun brands. He noted that while customers of Eddie Bauer and PacSun won’t see any change in their store or online experience as a result of the creation of PSEB, they will benefit as the brands are powered by a larger and stronger platform.
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