Talk:REI

message: 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)
thread_title: Name

message: 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)
thread_title:  Removal of External Links 

message: Any reason not to use the Cooperative Infobox for this page?  Gobonobo 03:05, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Use it!  Eclectek C T 04:07, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  Gobonobo 08:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cooperative Infobox 

message: Made this userbox, if anyone else likes them:
	
Leif902 22:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Userbox 

message: 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)
replies: text: Fixed, thank you for the heads up. --guyzero | talk 17:46, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  1st Reference is out of date 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Proposed Edits 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Article name is incorrect 

message: 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)
replies: text:  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)
thread_title:  REI corporate status 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
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*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20061025191742/http://www.rei.com/aboutrei/cce.html to http://www.rei.com/aboutrei/cce.html
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thread_title:  External links modified 

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I have just added archive links to  on REI. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add  after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add  to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
*Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20061025191742/http://www.rei.com/aboutrei/cce.html to http://www.rei.com/aboutrei/cce.html
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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Glamping 

message: 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)
thread_title:  "Outdoor Lifestyle" vs "Outdoor Recreation" 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Reference 5 Link Broken 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Elli (talk | contribs) 18:50, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Recreational Equipment, Inc. →  – 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)
thread_title:  Requested move 22 October 2021 

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