AND WELCOME BACK THIS
WEEKEND THE RETAILER FOCUSED
ON HIGH QUALITY AND
SUSTAINABLE OUTDOOR LIVING
PRODUCTS IS CELEBRATING ITS
GRAND OPENING WRITE THE NAME
OF IT IS SNOW PEAK UNVEILING
ITS PORTLAND FLAGSHIP STORES
IS ON NORTHWEST 23RD AVENUE
AND JOINING US LIVE THIS
MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THERE.
OPENING CELEBRATION THIS
WEEKEND, THE SNOW PEAKS CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER THAT HAS
MEANT LITTLE GOOD MORNING,
MATT HEAR US OUT THERE.
THEY'RE AND I WERE DOING REAL
WELL HERE. LET'S LET'S TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GRAND
GRAND OPENING I'M I'M TOLD
IT'S BEEN RESCHEDULED A LITTLE
BIT TELL US JUST A LITTLE BIT
MORE
WHEN EXACTLY ARE OPEN THE
RESCHEDULED GRAND OPENING AND
ALL REST OF THAT.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE
SPENT THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF
BUILDING OUT THIS 15,000
SQUARE FOOT NORTH AMERICAN
HEADQUARTERS WHICH FEATURES
OUR FLAGSHIP RETAIL STORE
EXTREMELY EXCITED TO OPEN AT
WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER 10TH AND
11TH AND AS WE'RE GETTING
READY TO OPEN THE DOORS. THE
WILDFIRE SMOKE THAT AND OUT OF
RESPECT FOR WHAT WAS GOING ON
ACROSS THE STATE OF OREGON AND
JUST IMPACT RIGHT IN HER
HOMETOWN. WE THOUGHT IT WAS
BEST TO DELAY WE'VE BEEN
WAITING PATIENTLY IN THIS
WEEKEND'S THAT WE CAN OPEN THE
DOORS OKAY, AND AND SPEAKING
OF THOSE WILDFIRES YOU GUYS
ARE SOMETHING SPECIAL.
TO HELP WITH THE FIRST
RESPONDERS WHAT IT WHAT KINDS
OF DONATIONS ARE YOU LOOKING
FOR.
YEAH THAT'S RIGHT WE KNOW
WE'RE AN OUTDOOR COMPANY
OUTDOOR PLACES ARE NEAR AND
DEAR TO OUR HEART BE BUILT ON
THE OUTER SHELTERS, AND SO WE
THOUGHT HEY HELP ME QUICKLY HE
SAID HEY WE'VE GOT A GREAT
COMMUNITY OF USERS THE OUTER
COMMUNITY OUT THERE WANTS TO
WE'RE COLLECTING DONATIONS
TENTS OUTDOOR FURNITURE
SLEEPING SYSTEMS LIKE SITTING
BACK TO SLEEPING PADS. JUST
FOR A IMPACTED FAMILIES OF
FRONTLINE RESPONDERS FOR THIS
ROUND FIRED A FUTURE ONES.
JUST JUST TO BE CLEAR WE'RE
LOOKING AT SOME VIDEO OF THE
STORE FRONT THERE, BUT YOU
JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT YOUR STORE SELLS YOU JUST
BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON SOME OF IT
THERE IN ANY MAY SOME SOME
OPENING WEEKEND SPECIALS ARE
DEALS OR MIGHT BE OUT THERE.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY SO WE SAW
HIGH QUALITY INVESTMENT CREATE
OUTDOOR GEAR AND APPAREL SO
ALL OF OUR STUFF IS BUILT FOR
A LIFETIME OF USE IT'S
GUARANTEED FOR LIFE. THAT'S
EVERYTHING FROM TENSE TO STOW
SUFFERED A CHAIR TO YOU NAME
IF IF YOU WANT TO SPEND TIME
OUTSIDE WITH OTHERS WE'VE GOT
THE BEST EQUIPMENT ON THE PLAN
FOR YOU. AS FAR AS THE GRAND
OPENING THIS WEEKEND WE'VE GOT
A LOT OF FUN THINGS GOING ON
STARTING TOMORROW. 00:30AM IN
THE MORNING WE'VE GOT TO DRUM
CELEBRATION THAT'S A
TRADITIONAL JAPANESE DRUMMING
CEREMONY AND THAT WILL GO ON
UNTIL ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK WE'LL
HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING OPEN THE
DOORS TO THE PUBLIC. OK FIRST.
OH YEAH, THE FIRST 300 PEOPLE
IN THE DOOR WE'VE GOT A
SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE CUP FROM
THEM CELEBRATING OUR PORTLAND
HEADQUARTERS AND THEN ALL DAY
LONG WE'LL BE ACTUALLY DOING
CUSTOM ANODIZED YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT THAT IS IT'S PRETTY NEED
FOR PRETTY FAMOUS FOR TITANIUM
DRINKWARE IS WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE WHEN IT'S PLAYING. BUT
YOU CAN HAND DIPPED THAT IN
ANALYZING SOLUTION AND THEY
BECOME KIND OF ONE OF A KIND
RAINBOW THIS ALL SOUNDS VERY
FANCY SO.
YOU'RE OPENING YOUR DOORS
TO THE PUBLIC EYE AND OF
COURSE THIS IS ALL DURING THE
PANDEMIC SO I'M SURE YOU HAVE
A LOT OF COVID GUIDELINES ARE
IN PLACE.
THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH TAKEN
REALLY SERIOUSLY I THINK MOST
OF YOUR VIEWERS ARE PROBABLY
FAMILIAR WITH BEST PRACTICES
RIGHT NOW WE CERTAINLY MASKS
ARE REQUIRED HAND SANITIZER AT
THE DOOR AND WE'RE LOOKING TO
PASSING SPACE THE FIRST ASK TO
KEEP SOCIALLY DISTANT.
ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT
COMING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
MARKET FOR FOR THIS TYPE OF
CAMPING GEAR, OREGON IN THE
NORTHWEST REALLY BRING NON FOR
ITS OUTDOORS AS THE MARKET
SATURATED YOU OBVIOUSLY SEE AN
OPENING HERE STILL MARKET FOR
4 HIGH AND CAMPING GEAR.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY THAT'S THE
CASE WE DO SEE AN OPPORTUNITY
AND WE'RE FEELING RIGHT NOW TO
BE HONEST WITH YOU WE'RE
HAVING OUR BEST YEAR OF ALL
TIME IN NORTH AMERICA THIS
YEAR IN THE MIDST OF
EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. I
THINK PEOPLE WANT THINGS THAT
ARE GOING TO LAST WE MAKE HIGH
QUALITY YOU'RE LIKE I SAID
THAT'S MADE TO LAST FOR A
LIFETIME PASS ON TO YOUR KIDS
AND INCREASINGLY THAT'S WHAT
PEOPLE WANT WHEN I MET WHETHER
ITS OUTDOOR GEAR OTHER
CONSUMER PRODUCTS, A LOT OF
PEOPLE FOR FLIGHTS THIS YEAR
AND YEAH, CAMPING INSTEAD OF
GOING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
CAMPING IS A GREAT THING TO DO
LOOKS PRETTY OF THE GREAT
OUTDOORS MATT THANK YOU SO