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#OptOutside Reaches 1 Million People and Doubles Partner Organizations from 2015

Less than two weeks after announcing #OptOutside, more than 365 organizations and more than 1 million people have joined REI in choosing to #OptOutside on Black Friday.

Nov 7, 2016

Raquel Karls Joins REI as Senior Vice President of Human Resources

Nov 4, 2016

REI CEO Invites More Organizations to Join #OptOutside, Offers Heartfelt Thank You to Employees and 300 Groups Already Setting Out to Create New Holiday Tradition

CEO Jerry Stritzke invites nonprofits and companies with shared values to join the growing movement of 300 national and local organizations advocating for time outside with family and friends

Oct 25, 2016

REI Brings Back #OptOutside – This Year More than 275 Organizations Ask America “Will You Go Out With Us?”

Outdoor co-op will shut all 149 of its doors on Black Friday, process no online sales and pay all 12,287 employees to take the day off and head outside instead

Oct 24, 2016

#optoutside banner on the Seattle flagship store with the Space Needle in the background.

REI Opens Doors of its DC Flagship in Historic Washington Coliseum

Co-op celebrates opening on Friday with three-day block party of events for outdoor community

Oct 21, 2016

Outdoor Community Rallies to Bring Appalachian Trail Dream to Life in Paul’s Boots

Inspiring film debuts across the nation; chronicles how one man’s outdoor goal was achieved after he passed away

Oct 10, 2016

Pauls Boots sitting on a rock overlooking a forest.

REI Chandler to Help More Arizonians Get Outside in Spring 2017

After three decades in Tempe, the co-op will relocate store to better serve members and customers

Oct 6, 2016

REI to Build a Connected Campus that Brings the Outdoors In

Outdoor co-op to relocate its headquarters to the Spring District in Bellevue, Wash. in 2020

Sep 29, 2016

REI’s New Distribution Center Designed to be Net Zero Energy and LEED Platinum

SEATTLE –REI, the specialty outdoor co-op, has designed its new distribution center to be Net Zero Energy and is pursuing LEED Platinum—the highest level in the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) rating system. Situated in the Arizona desert, the facility is intended to be one of the world’s…

Sep 28, 2016

Front entracnce of the R E I distribution center.

REI Repositions Cycling Business, Launches Co-op Cycles

Cycling strategy combines new product line with premier brands to offer members a comprehensive destination to fuel their riding adventures

Sep 21, 2016