The Latest: REI halts future orders from gun conglomerate
Source: Associated Press
Updated 7:29 pm, Thursday, March 1, 2018
SEATTLE (AP) The Latest on tension between corporate America and the gun lobby (all times local):
5:20 p.m.
Outdoor retailer REI says it's halting future orders of some popular brands including CamelBak water carriers, Giro helmets and Camp Chef stoves whose parent company also makes ammunition and assault-style rifles.
Seattle-based REI has been facing mounting pressure from some customers since last month's school shooting in Florida to stop doing business with brands owned by Vista Outdoor, which also has a shooting sports division that includes Savage Arms. The pressure included online petitions that garnered thousands of signatures.
Late Thursday, REI issued a statement noting that while it does not sell guns, it expects companies that do to help prevent mass shootings. The statement said REI will "place a hold on future orders of products that Vista sells through REI while we assess how Vista proceeds."
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Freethinker65
(10,116 posts)JDC
(10,152 posts)vkkv
(3,384 posts)pnwmom
(109,025 posts)I wouldn't have thought of checking to see if they had OTHER products from the manufacturers.
volstork
(5,403 posts)I am a big REI shopper. Was also a fan of CamelBak and Giro, but will choose otherwise next time I make a hydration or helmet purchase.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,388 posts)samir.g
(835 posts)They've profited nicely from bush's wars.
BigmanPigman
(51,673 posts)Fed Ex email address is FWSmith@fedex.com. They profit off of the NRA and shipping their products. BOYCOTT!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)REI is an interesting organization, since it is run on a partial co-op model.
I had been an online customer of theirs for years, as I do a fair amount of cyclocamping, but their nearest retail location was about 45 miles away.
Depressingly, a while back, a Cabela's opened up near me. Cabela's has a good outdoor line, but since a portion of their revenue goes directly to the NRA, I couldn't buy anything there.
Then, a few months later, an REI opened up in the same complex. Freaking nirvana.
riversedge
(70,464 posts)obamanut2012
(26,188 posts)imo.
IronLionZion
(45,667 posts)It's windy out here in DC from all the windbags, but also the weather.
SweepPicker
(267 posts)I just placed an order for a pair of hiking boots with REI.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)As always, the only pressure that matters is money.
locks
(2,012 posts)Called our REIs in Denver and Boulder to thank them and wrote to our well-known hardware McGuckins in Boulder to ask them to follow suit and publicize these actions.