REI Co-op will open a brand new retailer in Laguna Hills, California in fall 2023. The situation will provide a large assortment of attire, gear and experience for tenting, biking, working, health, mountain climbing, paddling, climbing, snow sports activities and extra. For many who journey on two wheels, a full-service bike store shall be staffed by licensed mechanics. The shop may even have a ski and snowboard store with skilled tuning, waxing and repairs.
“REI first got here to the Los Angeles space in 1977 by way of our authentic Manhattan Seaside location, which  was our fourth retailer in our historical past,” mentioned Steve Lochan, REI’s divisional vice chairman of retail. “As soon as open, REI Laguna Hills shall be our 12th retailer available in the market to higher serve our 1.7 million members and the higher out of doors group who stay, work and play within the southern finish of Los Angeles.”
Retailer Details                Â
- Deal with: Oakbrook Village; 24271 Avenida De La Carlota, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
- Retailer Dimension: Roughly 33,000 sq. toes
- Particular Options: Full-service bike store and ski and snowboard store, purchase online-pick up in retailer, curbside pickup
- REI Co-op Membership: 4.6 million members in California, 1.7 million within the Los Angeles DMA
- Closest REI Shops: Tustin (10 miles away, opened 1982, relocated 2010); Huntington Seaside (20 miles away, opened 2005); Manhattan Seaside (47 miles away, opened 1977, relocated 1999); Rancho Cucamonga (47 miles away, opened 2004); Santa Monica (60 miles away, opened 2006)
- Present REI Presence in California: 30 shops in state, of which 11 shops are in Los Angeles metro space
Because the nation’s largest shopper co-op, anybody is welcome to faucet into REI’s experience in help of an energetic life-style. Members who be a part of the co-op get pleasure from a vary of advantages, together with a used gear trade-in program; reductions on experiences, leases and store companies; a share of the co-op’s annual earnings primarily based on qualifying purchases; and extra. Along with reductions on the bike and ski store, REI co-op members obtain limitless free machine waxes and free flat-tire restore (labor solely).
REI actively companions with nonprofits throughout the nation to steward and keep native trails and public lands to attach extra folks to the outside. Final 12 months, the co-op invested $7.1 million in 450+ nonprofits throughout the nation, of which greater than $1.2 million went to 75 nonprofits in California. Los Angeles-area recipients included California State Parks Basis, Involved Off-Street Bicyclists Affiliation (CORBA), Hike Clerb, Laguna Canyon Basis, Los Angeles Conservation Corps, ForestWatch, Mount Wilson Bicycling Affiliation, Nature for All, Santa Catalina Island Conservancy, Santa Monica Mountains Fund, and United States Adaptive Recreation Heart. Â
The co-op launched the REI Cooperative Motion Fund final 12 months, a community-supported public charity designed to harness the collective energy of the co-op’s members and workers to construct a extra simply, equitable and inclusive out of doors tradition. To be taught in regards to the California recipients for the reason that Fund’s inception, go to right here.
Past its retail presence, REI Experiences assist residents and guests hook up with the area’s pure locations by way of absolutely guided out of doors excursions, workshops and occasions. Over the past 5 years, the co-op has hosted almost 63,000 folks on entry-level to superior packages that final just a few hours to a couple days. Fashionable day packages are Backcountry Navigation, Backpacking Abilities, Crystal Cove Mountaineering and Yoga,  Introduction to Outside Rock Climbing, and Pacific Coast Kayak Tour. REI’s multiday journey journeys beginning in Los Angeles embrace Trans-Catalina Island Trek and 5 backpacking and biking journeys that discover Joshua Tree Nationwide Park.
Be part of the REI staffÂ
REI expects to rent roughly 50 workers for REI Laguna Hills. Candidates inquisitive about becoming a member of the REI staff can apply on-line at REI.com/jobs and a common timeline for hiring is right here. Candidates can arrange a job alert on the co-op’s profession website to be notified when positions are posted. New workers will obtain all kinds of advantages, together with beneficiant product and repair reductions, aggressive pay and retirement contributions. REI workers additionally get pleasure from distinctive perks, resembling two paid “Co-op Manner Days” every year that enable them to get pleasure from their favourite out of doors exercise and a further paid time off on Black Friday to encourage all workers to #OptOutside.Â
