REI
American retail and outdoor recreation consumer cooperative
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| January 2025 | Eric Artz announced his retirement, to be effective in March 2025. Mary Beth Laughton will succeed him as CEO. |
| January 8 2025 | REI announced the closure of its 'Experiences' businesses, with CEO Eric Artz citing low customer engagement (40,000 customers in 2024, less than 0.4% of co-op customers) and unprofitability. |
| November 2023 | Workers at eight REI retail stores accused the company of multiple federal labor law violations, including retaliation against pro-union workers and refusing to bargain in good faith. |
| May 2023 | Durham, North Carolina store workers voted 20-12 to unionize with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union after a four-day strike. |
| April 2023 | Eugene, Oregon REI location filed a petition for union elections with the National Labor Relations Board. |
| March 2023 | REI workers in Orange, Ohio voted to unionize with a 27-12 vote. |
| January 31 2023 | REI laid off 8 percent of its corporate staff, eliminating 167 positions due to economic challenges. |
| March 2022 | SoHo workers voted overwhelmingly to unionize with the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU), winning 88-14. |
| January 2022 | SoHo, Manhattan REI location filed the company's first-ever National Labor Relations Board petition to vote to become a union. |
| August 2020 | REI announced the sale of its new headquarters campus during the COVID-19 pandemic, with corporate employees transitioning to remote work. |
| May 2019 | Eric Artz was named CEO and president of REI, succeeding Jerry Stritzke. |
| February 2019 | Jerry Stritzke resigned as CEO of REI. |
| 2016 | Workers started organizing petitions to address workplace concerns. |
| 2016 | REI announced plans for a new headquarters campus in the Spring District of Bellevue, Washington, initially planned to open in 2020. |
| November 2015 | REI introduced its #OptOutside campaign, closing all stores on Black Friday and giving employees a paid day off. |
| October 2015 | REI launched a redesigned logo that included 'co-op' for the first time since 1983. |
| June 11 2015 | REI acquired Adventure Projects Inc., expanding their digital outdoor resources with websites like MTBProject.com, HikingProject.com, PowderProject.com, and TrailRunProject.com. |
| 2014 | REI's chief executive officer received compensation of approximately $2.71 million for the year. |
| 2013 | REI workers began publicly organizing around workplace issues including living wages, scheduling, benefits, and safety protocols. |
| August 2013 | Jerry Stritzke was named president and CEO of REI, succeeding Sally Jewell. |
| April 2013 | Sally Jewell was named United States Secretary of the Interior. |
| 2012 | Adventure Projects Inc. was founded by Nick Wilder and Mike Ahnemann, creating Mountain Project, a climbing route guide website. |
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