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REI Taps New President and CEO, Eric Artz to Retire
REI's incoming president will oversee the co-op as it looks toward a future with more unionized stores and a relatively stable economy.
REI Workers Test The Retailer’s Co-Op Identity
Unionized employees want to change the storied retailer's direction. But they'll have to get through the "member-elected" ...
Yahoo Finance20d
REI President & CEO Eric Artz Announces Retirement; Mary Beth Laughton to Become the Co-op's Next President & CEO
SEATTLE, Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- REI Co-op president & CEO, Eric Artz, today announced that he will retire in March as CEO, marking a new chapter in the co-op's 87-year history. Mary Beth ...
The Stranger11d
Local organizer wants to fix REI from the top—and REI is fighting to keep her off the ballot
REI is having an identity crisis. Originally formed as a co-op in 1938, it earned a strong reputation in our community for ...
The Nation on MSN12d
REI Sells the Great Outdoors While Workers Breathe Chemicals in a Windowless Basement
Ski shop workers at an REI in New York City went on strike after the company took away their respirators. Scenes from the REI picket line. New York City—Deep in the basement of REI’s flagship SoHo ...