Eastbay is a world supplier of quality athletic equipment, footwear and apparel, featuring major brands, such as Nike, Reebok, adidas and New Balance. Established to meet the performance needs of high school and college athletes takes Eastbays catalogs and Internet site around the globe to more than 120 foreign countries and properties and to all 50 states of the United States. The company has more than 2,000 employees and is one of the worlds largest direct-mail athletic equipment, footwear and apparel companies. Eastbays purchasing department buys more than 1 million products each year, and its creative services department employs about 40 artists, photographers and editorial associates who create more than 75 catalogs annually, with a circulation of more than 80 million customers worldwide. Orders are taken by associates at Catalog Communication Centers in Wausau, Oshkosh and Green Bay, Wis.