Article: LAYOFFS HIT EDDIE BAUER 200 WORKERS IN REDMOND AFFECTED IN DOWNSIZING OF INFORMATION SERVICES.(Business)

About 200 workers at Eddie Bauer headquarters in Redmond received layoff notices yesterday.

The jobs, all in information services with The Spiegel Group, Eddie Bauer's parent company, will be phased out during the next two or three months.

Another 40 Spiegel jobs were cut at its division in Newport, Va.

Debbie Koopman, vice president of investor relations for Spiegel Group, said all of the company's information services will be consolidated at Spiegel headquarters in Downers Grove, a suburb of Chicago.

The information services employees develop computer programs and provide technical support for the Spiegel company. They are not ...

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