All 151 REI stores will remain closed on Black Friday this year, and the company’s 12,000 employees will receive a paid day off. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post)For the third year in a row, REI is shutting down its stores — and its website — on Black Friday. “Black Friday has gotten weaker and weaker,” said Stritzke of REI. When REI announced in 2015 that it would remain closed on Black Friday, it was regarded as a radical move in an industry that relies heavily on holiday shopping. “It was a poke in the eye to tradition.”[On Black Friday, REI wants you to take a hike.

Source: Washington Post October 30, 2017 04:07 UTC