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Exhibit 10.8.1

SECOND AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENT TO
LEASE AGREEMENT

        THIS SECOND AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT ("Second
Amendment") is made and entered into as of the 1st day of July, 2004, by and
between WOOD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, a West Virginia public corporation,
(successor in title to the PARKERSBURG-WOOD COUNTY AREA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
("PWCADC"), a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of
the State of West Virginia) having its office at 408 Juliana Street,
Parkersburg, West Virginia 26102 (the "Lessor"), and COLDWATER CREEK INC., a
corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware and authorized to do business in the State of West Virginia, having its
principal office at One Coldwater Creek Drive, Sandpoint, Idaho 83864 (the
"Lessee"), and amends the Lease Agreement by and between Lessor and Lessee dated
as of June 12, 1998 (Distribution Center), covering approximately 60 acres of
real property located in the Parkersburg Business Park, Parkersburg, Wood
County, West Virginia, as amended by that certain First Amendment and Supplement
to Lease Agreement dated as of the 27th day of May, 1999 (the "First Amendment")
(the said Lease Agreement as amended by the First Amendment is hereafter
referred to at the "Lease Agreement");

        WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to further amend the Lease Agreement to
substitute Exhibit D (BASIC RENT) under the Lease Agreement;

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties agree as follows:

        1.     Exhibit D (BASIC RENT) to the Lease Agreement is deleted in its
entirety and new Exhibit D attached hereto is substituted therefor.

        2.     Except as amended hereby, all other provisions of the Lease
Agreement will remain in full force and effect.

        3.     All of the terms and conditions of this Second Amendment shall be
binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties, and the respective
successors and assigns of the parties.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party to this Second Amendment and Supplement
to Lease Agreement has caused it to be executed on the date indicated below.

 
 
WOOD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
 
 
By:
 
/s/  SAM WINANS      

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Its: Chairman
 
 
COLDWATER CREEK INC.
 
 
By:
 
/s/  MELVIN DICK      

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Its: Executive Vice President and CFO

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EXHIBIT D
BASIC RENT

        The Basic Rent payable to Lessor for the Lease of the Campus is
$45,233,153.10 payable over the Lease Term as follows:

LEASE TERM YEARS

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  ANNUAL RENT

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  MONTHLY RENT

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Years 1-5   $ 2,353,789.50   $ 196,149.13
LEASE TERM YEARS

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ANNUAL RENT*

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MONTHLY RENT

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Years 6-10   $ 2,225,947.04   $ 185,495.58
Years 11-15
 
$
2,230,947.04
 
$
185,912.25
Years 16-20
 
$
2,235,947.04
 
$
186,328.92

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*This Basic Rent payment schedule is calculated in substantial part upon the
Total Project Cost. Effective as of July 1, 2004, ANNUAL RENTattributable to the
Total Project Cost has been calculated utilizing a Rent Factor of 6.16%.

**This Basic Rent payment schedule is subject to change and shall be agreed to
by the Lessor and the Lessee effective for Years 11-15 and Years 16-20 in the
event adjustments to the Rent Factor applied against a portion ($15,791,412.28)
of the Total Project Cost shall be required for Years 11-15 and Years 16-20 due
to interest rate adjustments on the Notes.

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