The Outerwear and lifestyle clothing company continues to bring its direct-to-consumer model into the brick-and-mortar reality with the scheduled opening of three new stores in 2023.
The Jackson, Wyoming-based company announced it was launching three new storefronts in California, Montana, and Massachusetts, its first in those states. These new stores will bring Stio鈥檚 total retail locations to ten.
鈥淲e started in Jackson Hole with a goal to be an authentic mountain lifestyle brand,鈥 founder and CEO Stephen Sullivan told 国产吃瓜黑料. 鈥淥ur apparel has resonated so far beyond the Tetons, and now we鈥檙e excited to offer the brick-and-mortar experience to those across the U.S.that have shopped online with us for so many years.鈥
The Boston, Massachusetts, store is scheduled to open Jan. 6 in the Seaport neighborhood where it will join Helly Hansen, Everlane, Lululemon, Filson, and Outdoor Voices storefronts. The South Lake Tahoe, California store is expected to open in spring 2023 at Heavenly Mountain Resort.
鈥淲hat attracted us to South Lake Tahoe is its location,鈥 said Megan Odom, director of retail at Stio. 鈥淵ou can access the lake, incredible singletrack trails, resort and backcountry skiing just minutes from our storefront.鈥
The Bozeman, Montana, store is expected to open in late 2023, the company said.
Called Mountain Studios, these Stio stores are in addition to 58 Stio Outpost kiosks within other outdoor stores and ski shops across the country.Stio was founded in 2011 by Stephen Sullivan as an online direct-to-consumer brand. Sullivan previously founded the brand in 1997 with Brian Cousins, and in 2005. Cloudveil had more than 600 retail stores and $25 million in revenue when it was sold.
鈥淢y years with Cloudveil taught me a great deal in growth strategy, which I鈥檝e translated into Stio鈥檚 expansion plans slowly and steadily over the years,鈥 Sullivan said. 鈥淪tio is actually 4 times larger in annual sales than Cloudveil was at its height of sales.鈥
As for goals of seeing Stio鈥檚 pinecone logo as ubiquitous on slopes and trails as other brands such as Patagonia and The North Face, Sullivan said it鈥檚 more important to him to keep Stio鈥檚 brand 鈥渢rue to its mountain roots.鈥
鈥淚鈥檓 extremely proud of how successful the brand has been and how much we continue to grow,鈥 he said. 鈥淲e have over 150 employees and are broadening our omni-channel approach by expanding our wholesale base, increasing our owned retail storefronts, and growing our corporate and group business.鈥