Talk:REI

Name

Maybe should be listed as R.E.I. Inc? or it's official corporation anem? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.255.205.156 (talk • contribs) 05:06, April 4, 2004

The "I" in "REI" is for "Incorporated", as in "Recreational Equipment Incorporated". So R.E.I. Inc is clearly incorrect. And it doesn't use it's full name very often. John Broughton | Talk 16:41, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Removal of External Links

User High on a tree recently removed the external links to REI.com and REIoutlet on the basis of #4 of Wikipedia:External_links#Links_normally_to_be_avoided. It states that the following kind of link should be avoided: "Links to sites that primarily exist to sell products or services. For example, instead of linking to a commercial bookstore site, use the "ISBN" linking format, giving readers an opportunity to search a wide variety of free and non-free book sources." I don't believe the REI.com links meet this this guideline. The link is not solely to sell products. It serves to illustrate part of the article, the REI website. The kind of link the guideline hopes to eliminate would be, for example, located on an article about a current novel (book) where the external link, instead of linking to the publisher information, links to the amazon.com page, a basically unrelated page. I'd like to hear what the editor thinks about this argument. Eclectek ^{C T} 03:00, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Cooperative Infobox

Any reason not to use the Cooperative Infobox for this page? Gobonobo 03:05, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Use it! Eclectek ^{C T} 04:07, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Done. Gobonobo 08:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Userbox

Made this userbox, if anyone else likes them:

User:Leif902/UserBoxes/REI

{{User:Leif902/UserBoxes/REI}}

Leif902 22:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Proposed Edits

The Public Affairs department at REI is proposing the changes below to the REI section of Wikipedia. Our intent is to provide factual updates and not marketing information. Please send questions or concerns regarding these changes to us directly at publicaffairs@rei.com. REI will periodically look at this page to update information as necessary. If there are no concerns raised by Friday, December 21, 2007 by 5 p.m. PT we will update the Wikipedia page as detailed below.

Proposed Changes REI

Change “90 stores in 25 states” to “nearly 100 stores in 27 states”
Change “over 2.5 million active members” to “more than three million active members”
Change “about 8 million members” to “more than 8 million members”

Corporate Information

Delete “is nearly operational” in regards to the Bedford, Pa. distribution center
Add “In, 2005, REI extended healthcare benefits to all of its part-time employees and their families.” 
Change “13 members” to “11 members” 
Change “for terms of three years” to “for terms of one or three years”
Add “In 2006, REI engaged almost 170,000 people in 900,000 volunteer service hours and company-wide donations exceeded $4 million.”

Environmental Initiatives

Add “REI has committed to be a climate neutral and zero waste to landfill company in 2020 focusing on the five areas of its business: green buildings, product stewardship, proper paper usage, reducing waste and energy efficiency [add link: http://www.rei.com/stewardship].“

REI Public Affairs (talk) 00:56, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for proposing your company edits. I've made all edits as you've noted above except for the following:

nearly 100 stores in 27 states: can you provide an exact number of stores? [1] actually states "more than 80 stores." I've changed the text to say "over 90 stores in 27 states."

thanks, --guyzero | talk 01:31, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

1st Reference is out of date

Needs fixing. http://www.rei.com/aboutrei/consfinancial06.pdf <-- no longer there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.17.160.216 (talk) 14:49, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Fixed, thank you for the heads up. --guyzero | talk 17:46, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Proposed Edits

The Public Affairs department at REI is proposing the changes below to the REI section of Wikipedia. Our intent is to provide factual updates and not marketing information. Please send questions or concerns regarding these changes to us directly at publicaffairs@rei.com. REI will periodically look at this page to update information as necessary. If no concerns are raised by Monday, July 11 by 5 p.m. PT, we will update the Wikipedia page as detailed below.

REI

• Replace “some 110 retail stores in about 30 states” with “some 117 retail stores in nearly 30 states”

• Replace “REI’s sales exceeded US$1.45 billion in 2009” with “REI’s sales of US$1.66 billion in 2010.” Citation

Corporate Information

• Replace “REI employs over 9,500 people” with “REI employs nearly 10,000 people”

• Replace “REI positions its brand on primarily focused on value and durability.” with “REI positions its brand to be primarily focused on quality, performance, style and functionality to meet the outdoor recreational needs of men, women and children.” Citation

• Add citation for: “REI claims its branded products are tested extensively by REI staff in house using specially designed tests that closely simulate outdoor use.” Citation

• Remove “Its 2007 giving of $3.7 million represented about .28 percent of one percent of its $1.3 billion in gross sales, or 3.5% of its $106.7 million in operating income.”

• Replace “In 2006, REI engaged almost 170,000 people in 900,000 volunteer service hours and company-wide donations exceeded $4 million.” with “REI dedicates 3 percent of its previous year's operating profit to its annual giving budget. In 2010, through the $3.7 million provided by REI to nonprofits 315,000 people cared for natural spaces through 2,280,481 volunteer service hours.” Citation

	Environmental information

• Replace 15th reference of 2006 stewardship report with 2010 stewardship report. Citation

External Links

• Add link directing to REI’s Facebook page Recreational Equipment Incorporated

• Update REI tag with current logo available on rei.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.81.222.24 (talk) 16:52, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Article name is incorrect

If we're going to use the legal name rather than the common name, the legal name is Recreational Equipment, Inc. It is common for corporations to use the abbreviated form Inc. as part of their legal name in their articles of incorporation rather than bothering to spell it out. Any objections? --Coolcaesar (talk) 14:40, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Requested move (2012)

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The result of the move request was: moved to REI. Favonian (talk) 10:22, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

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Recreational Equipment Incorporated → Recreational Equipment Inc. – The common name for an already lengthy title. Google Books: 56, Inc.; 18, Incorporated. WP:NCCORP. Not even Recreational Equipment Inc. is a well known official name. I think even REI.com avoids using that name at all. Ideally we could just title this REI but reproductive endocrinology and infertility is apparently pretty popular too. Is anybody opposed to moving this to REI (which just redirects here) or REI (company)? Does reproductive endocrinology and infertility go by its acronym often enough to justify making REI a disambiguation page? My vote is for REI (company) with a disambiguation page at REI. Marcus Qwertyus 00:55, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Support moving to REI with a hatnote for reproductive endocrinology and infertility. Recreational Equipment Incorporated is pretty universally called "REI" and REI already redirects here. I don't know how often REI is used to refer to reproductive endocrinology and infertility, but if there are only two REI uses, I think it's typical to use a hatnote rather than a disambiguation page (correct me if I'm wrong here). Recreational Equipment Incorporated has received 14973 views to reproductive endocrinology and infertility's 11043 over the past 90 days. Gobōnobo ^{+ c} 19:43, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

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REI corporate status

Moved from user talk page:

REI was incorporated as a Minnesota cooperative "Recreational Equipment, Inc." in December 1978, and that corporate status remains active (search for their filing thru MN Secretary of State: http://www.sos.state.mn.us/). No static link is available. The registered address for the corporation is the company's Kent, WA headquarters.

The REI website says it's a Washington corporation: http://www.rei.com/about-rei/governance.html

And searching for the entity with the Washington Secretary of State shows they incorporated as a co-op in 1956.

Any thoughts on why they would maintain two cooperatives rather than one? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Conscientizacao (talk • contribs) 18:16, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

@Conscientizacao: I'm only guessing here, but perhaps Minnesota laws require or make it favorable to have a separate entity for their stores in that state? WilliamKF (talk) 19:48, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

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Glamping

REI's "glamorous camping" trips have revived the debate about camping with what you carry on your back vs. making the outdoors more accessible to people who can't deal with that austerity.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/travel/glamping-national-parks-camping.html
Glamping Adds a Touch of Luxe to the National Parks
By AMY TARA KOCH
New York Times
AUG. 9, 2016
--Nbauman (talk) 14:56, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

"Outdoor Lifestyle" vs "Outdoor Recreation"

Over the past few years, REI has transitioned from an outdoors store to more of an "outdoors lifestyle" store, dropping a large selection of backpacking / camping gear in favor of clothing. This is reflected in their in-house brands as well. I wonder if this would be an appropriate description. -- ExtremeSquared (talk) 19:55, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Reference 5 Link Broken

The url for reference 5 http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2008040536_eddiebauer09.html no longer leads to the article referenced, but to the newspaper's home page. This is the current url https://www.seattletimes.com/business/eddie-bauer-looks-to-mountaineer-jim-whittaker-for-turnaround-help/ I apologize for any irregularities in this post, I have never contributed to anything on Wikipedia before. --67.176.90.67 (talk) 17:16, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 22 October 2021

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Elli (talk | contribs) 18:50, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

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Recreational Equipment, Inc. → REI – REI is universally known as REI. "REI"¨already redirects to this article. Also: WP:COMMONNAME. So let's move it to "REI" and be done with this exceptionally pedantic article title. Keizers (talk) 15:40, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

• Support per nom. I would note it was moved to REI following a 2012 move request and was improperly moved back to the current title six years later. -- Calidum 15:59, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
• Support per nom and Calidum. I have been familiar with this business for years and have never heard any name other than REI used. There's an argument to do this speedily, but I have too many other arguments right now to consider doing so myself. User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 18:19, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
• Support - Media and common use is overwhelmingly in favor of just "REI". SounderBruce 23:51, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
• Support per nom. —¿philoserf? (talk) 16:25, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
• Support for reasons stated. --Coolcaesar (talk) 16:51, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
• Support, the full name is rarely used. --E8xE8 (talk) 04:24, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

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