Eastbay.Com was founded by Richard Gering and Art Juedes in 1980. The pair sold discount shoes, but found that they mostly sold athletic shoes. In 1983, they set up a catalog that was strictly athletic shoes, running shoes, and other sports shoes. Within 3 years, they had so many orders, they had to hire phone operators and by 1990, the warehouse, call center, and shipping deparment took up an entire city block.
Today, Eastbay.Com is operated by Foot Locker, Inc., who purchased the company in 2001.
Eastbay.Com also sells their own brand of athletic clothing, including jackets, hats, underwear, pants, shorts, socks, and tops. The company has 3,000 full time employees. The company also sells athletic equipment, such as balls, bats, gloves, braces, goggles, and, headbands and helmets.
The company maintains a corporate office in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Eastbay.Com was founded by Richard Gering and Art Juedes in 1980. The pair sold discount shoes, but found that they mostly sold athletic shoes. In 1983, they set up a catalog that was strictly athletic shoes, running shoes, and other sports shoes. Within 3 years, they had so many orders, they had to hire phone operators and by 1990, the warehouse, call center, and shipping deparment took up an entire city block.
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Today, Eastbay.Com is operated by Foot Locker, Inc., who purchased the company in 2001.
Eastbay.Com also sells their own brand of athletic clothing, including jackets, hats, underwear, pants, shorts, socks, and tops. The company has 3,000 full time employees. The company also sells athletic equipment, such as balls, bats, gloves, braces, goggles, and, headbands and helmets.
The company maintains a corporate office in Wausau, Wisconsin.