Brand · United States
REI
REI is the largest outdoor gear cooperative in the United States, owned by its members.
Founding of REI, year 1938
Themes: community, nature, cooperation, adventure.
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The origin
What the date says
- Milestone
- Founding of REI
- What happened
- Lloyd and Mary Anderson founded REI in 1938 as a climbers' cooperative in Seattle with a one-dollar fee.
- Year
- 1938
- Source
- Historical documentation
- Note
- Founded in 1938 by Lloyd and Mary Anderson in Seattle, Washington.
Only the year is documented: if it falls between January 21 and February 21, the sign could be the previous one.
Keep in mind
Affinity is a symbolic reading from the Chinese zodiac tradition, not a measurement: it compares the sign of the year you were born with that of each entry's year of origin.