Between 2022 and 2024, staff at 10 of REI’s 187 stores unionized, unhappy over matters such as raises, work schedules ... focused on social values. Athleta, which she led from October 2019 ...

The interval jacket from Athleta’s Train collection. “A lot of fabric development work went into this collection,” Katherine Chow, Athleta’s director of fabric research and development ...

That would represent an improvement over its recent performance, but it does signal that REI, a co-op beloved for its planet-friendly earnestness, store workers always eager to talk camping gear ...