8-K

				UNITED STATES
				SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMMISSION
				Washington, D.C. 20549


				FORM 8-K
                        CURRENT REPORT


       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15d of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report:  December 15, 2000




				SPIEGEL, INC.
	      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

    Delaware                    0-16126                     36-2593917
    (State of                   (Commission file            (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation)              Number)                     Identification No.)


    3500 Lacey Road,
    Downers Grove, Illinois                                 60515-5432
    (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)


                                630-986-8800
           (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



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Item 5. Other events

On December 15, 2000, the Registrant issued the press release attached hereto
as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference.



Item 7.  Exhibits

(c)  Exhibits

     Exhibit 99          Press release dated December 15, 2000


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

			 SPIEGEL, INC.
                   (Registrant)


                   By:  /s/ James W. Sievers
                        Office of the President and
                        Chief Financial Officer

                   Date:  December 15, 2000


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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
99.1  Spiegel, Inc. press release dated December 15, 2000.

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EX-99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:	Debbie Koopman
		(630) 769-2596
		Debbie_Koopman@spgl.com


The Spiegel Group Announces New President and CEO of Spiegel Catalog, Inc.


DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. - December 15, 2000 - Spiegel, Inc. (The Spiegel Group)
today announced that Melissa Payner has been appointed president and chief
executive officer of Spiegel Catalog, Inc. (Spiegel), succeeding John Irvin.

Payner, 42, joined Spiegel in April 1997 as vice president of merchandising
and has played an integral role in the division's dramatic turnaround.  Most
recently, she served as senior vice president responsible for all
merchandising and advertising creative for the company.  She also is a member
of the Spiegel, Inc. board of directors.  Payner's experience spans more
than 20 years during which she has held a variety of retail and catalog
merchandising positions.

Irvin, 53, joined Spiegel in 1996 and has resigned to pursue other interests.
He also has resigned as a director of the company.

The Spiegel Group (Spiegel, Inc.) is a leading international specialty
retailer marketing fashionable apparel and home furnishings to customers
through catalogs, more than 550 specialty retail and outlet stores and
eight e-commerce sites (eddiebauer.com, eddiebauerhome.com,
eddiebauerkids.com, eddiebaueroutlet.com, eddiebauerb2b.com, newport-news.com,
spiegel.com, and ultimate-outlet.com).  The Spiegel Group's businesses
include Eddie Bauer, Newport News, Spiegel and First Consumers National Bank.
The company's Class A Non-Voting Common Stock trades on the NASDAQ National
Market System under the ticker symbol: SPGLA.  Investor relations information
is available on The Spiegel Group web site (thespiegelgroup.com).

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