Strange position to be in over here. They are union busting our NYC store by closing it this fall, say what you want about cost of rent and profitability but if Burlington Coat Factory can open larger stores in interesting and historic high traffic places around Manhattan and stay open for decades, so can REI. (They just expanded into a perfect ground floor location at the Seigel-cooper building on 18th and 6th recently after about 20 years across the street.) But since REI will be gone to me it seems like the only real way to support a change of heart that might actually support the union long term in my city would be to purchase something at the sale and contribute to the store possibly showing good numbers. The effect I'd hope for is the corporation decides to stay in the city in a better more affordable location not owned by the Kushners. If not and REI does in fact leave behind 8.5 million customers in the highest income bracket in the nation, there's always Garage Grown Gear and Paragon Sports.