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About MEC (Mountain Equipment Company). Since 1971 MEC has sold exceptional outdoor products at fair prices, enabling everyone to live an active outdoor life.
Mountain Equipment Co-op (now called 1077 Holdings Co-Operative) is a Canadian co-op that started the MEC outdoor gear retail brand. The MEC brand name, assets and store leases were purchased by the American private investment firm Kingswood Capital Management's subsidiary Mountain Equipment Company in October 2020.
Mountain Equipment Company, or MEC, is a chain of Canadian retail stores that sell outdoor recreation gear, formed from the assets of the defunct retail co-operative Mountain Equipment Co-op. It is owned by the American private equity firm Kingswood Capital Management, which acquired these assets in October 2020.
Mar 17, 2003 · So, how has Mountain Equipment Co-op - Canada's "environmentally responsible" outdoor store - fostered a growth rate that's all peak and no valley? In part, by creating a business plan that grows more improbable by the year. The co-op's Web site, for instance, hosts an equipment swap, so prospective purchasers can trade gear among themselves rather than tax the earth's resources by buying new from the co-op. A new Winnipeg store will open in a once-derelict building that was rebuilt at ...
Sep 14, 2020 · The board of directors for Mountain Equipment Co-op, Canada's largest consumer co-operative, says it has unanimously approved a deal for a private investor to acquire MEC's assets, including the ...
Sep 21, 2020 · The demise of Canada’s Mountain Equipment Co-op is a sad moment in history for many outdoor adventurers, bicycle commuters and supporters of alternative business models. MEC rad pants were the ...
Mar 11, 2020 · With its soaring ceilings and 33,000 square feet of bright, open-concept retail space, Mountain Equipment Co-op’s new flagship store has come a long way since its humble beginnings in a VW van 49 years ago. That the van now sits comfortably, permanently parked in a place of honour inside the vast new East 2nd Avenue space only reinforces the co-op’s rise to prominence in its hometown.
Sep 15, 2020 · In 2013, Mountain Equipment Co-op rebranded to MEC and unveiled its first redesigned logo since being founded in 1971. On Sept. 15, 2020, MEC’s board of directors unanimously approved a deal in which Kingswood Capital Management, a Los Angeles-based private investment firm will acquire the assets, including the majority of its retail stores.
