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REI co-founder dies

07/04/2017

Outdoor clothing and equipment co-operative REI has announced that its co-founder Mary Anderson has died at the age of 107. She founded REI with her husband, Lloyd (who died in 2000) in 1937. At that time, Mary Anderson was a teacher. REI has built up to have 6 million members and now has 140 stores in 36 states. It achieved record revenues of...

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