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THE PULSE
FRIENDLY FACES
Wendy Le and James
Pullum hit the crags in
Stone Fort, Tennessee.
Open Arms
For decades, the outdoor industry has insisted that it must become
more diverse to continue to thrive. But progress has been slow-
until now. Things are changing in a hurry, and the industry has
the chance to speak to and employ a far wider range of people than
ever before. Here is what still needs to happen.
by Kassondra Cloos
WHEN REI STARTED PLANNING OUT ITS STRATEGY FOR ITS ONGOING "FORCE OF NATURE"
initiative, it didn't take long to realize how far behind the seemingly progressive outdoor industry has been when it comes to equal representation in advertising: There are so few stock
images of women outdoors-especially non-thin, non-white, non-cisgender women-it was
a challenge just to pull together mockups of what they wanted to achieve.
"We literally couldn't find representation of women and people of color in the outdoors,"
says Laura Swapp, REI's director of experience marketing . "That was really the first ah-ha
moment for us."
It wasn't hard at all, though, to find women who had stories to tell.
So, since last year, REI has made a point of showcasing women of all colors, sizes, abilities,
and orientations in its Co-op Journal, catalogs, and advertising, executing the industry's
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largest effort thus far to show people who
have previously never seen themselves reflected in advertising.
Force of Nature's impact was apparent
almost immediately. Anecdotal evidence
of happy customers aside, REI's women's
business grew by 20 percent in 2017, and
its girls' business grew by 30 percent, even
though there were no Force of Nature marketing efforts targeted directly at young
girls. "Our women's business continues to
outpace our men's," Swapp says. "And that
wasn't the case before Force of Nature."
MAKE THE PLEDGE
The question we need to be asking, REI
seems to have discovered, isn't why the outdoors is lacking enthusiasts who don't look
like the stereotypical white, bearded, beflanneled mountain man who often appears
in aspirational ads for gear brands. The
question is, why aren't we doing a better
job of elevating the people who are already
showing up?
Andrew Kornylak
CASE STUDY
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CONTENTS
THE PULSE
HEADLINES
MERCHANDISING
MARKETING
BIG PICTURE
CASE STUDY
IDEAS
CHRISTIAN DE LA IGLESIA
SHIRA EPSTEIN
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
RESEARCH
SAWYER LAND + SEA
DISASTER STRIKES
BE THE BRAND
BREAD+BUTTER
PADDLING HARDGOODS
THE RENEWAL WORKSHOP
BROWN GIRLS CLIMB
COUNTER CULTURE
THE VIEW
HOW I GOT HERE
FROM THE ROAD
#REPLIFE
BACKSTORY
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Outdoor Retailer - Summer 2018 - SHIRA EPSTEIN
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Outdoor Retailer - Summer 2018 - EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
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Outdoor Retailer - Summer 2018 - RESEARCH
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Outdoor Retailer - Summer 2018 - SAWYER LAND + SEA
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Outdoor Retailer - Summer 2018 - DISASTER STRIKES
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Outdoor Retailer - Summer 2018 - BE THE BRAND
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Outdoor Retailer - Summer 2018 - BREAD+BUTTER
Outdoor Retailer - Summer 2018 - PADDLING HARDGOODS
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Outdoor Retailer - Summer 2018 - THE RENEWAL WORKSHOP
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Outdoor Retailer - Summer 2018 - BROWN GIRLS CLIMB
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Outdoor Retailer - Summer 2018 - COUNTER CULTURE
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Outdoor Retailer - Summer 2018 - THE VIEW
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Outdoor Retailer - Summer 2018 - FROM THE ROAD
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