This year marks the 30th anniversary of Sierra Trading Post. We've grown quite a bit since our 1986 debut, and you've been right there growing with us. Let's take a closer look at how your experiences with Sierra Trading Post have evolved over the past 30 years.
1986: The Catalog Shopper
Look at you, with your big hair and shoulder pads. You don't even have to leave your house to shop Sierra Trading Post if you were one of the 100,000 people who was shipped our hand-drawn catalog. Founder Keith Richardson, his wife and five employees begin Sierra Trading Post as a catalog company in Reno, Nevada. Get out your pen, it's time to start circling your outdoor clothing and equipment wish list.
1990: The In-Store Shopper
Stop. Collaborate and listen. We open our first store in Reno, Nevada, just in time to kick off the '90s. But you weren't browsing racks and tables like today's savvy shopper. No, you were digging through assorted bins in search of treasure in the form of deeply discounted products from your favorite outdoor brands.
1992: The In-Store Shopper - Wyoming
Party on, Cheyenne: Sierra Trading Post just opened a store in your hometown. Not only did we build a store, but we moved in, making Cheyenne, Wyoming our new headquarters. At this time the Cheyenne location includes a store, offices and a fulfillment center all in one building.
1998: The Online Shopper
Alright. Things are starting to look more familiar, now. Google is born and e-commerce starts to take off, so Sierra Trading Post enters the world wide web as one of the first catalog companies to establish an online presence. Now you can shop all of your favorite brands at discounted prices while watching Friends. But if you need to make a phone call, you'll have to get offline.
2007: The Catalog Shopper - Expanded
What? You still haven't heard of us? Maybe 2007 is the year you familiarize yourself with Sierra Trading Post. We launch nine separate catalogs and begin shipping them to millions of customers worldwide. This is the year the final Harry Potter book and the first iPhone hit shelves. If you add Sierra Trading Post to the top of your outdoor retailer list, you can consider it a banner year.
2009: The Social Shopper
Just Five years after the launch of Facebook, four years after the launch of YouTube and three years after the launch of Twitter, Sierra Trading Post joins the social world starting with these three platforms (oh, we had already been blogging for two years). With our social splash, you can now feel closer to us than ever.
2010: The Mobile Shopper
At this point in time, you probably have a smartphone or will soon be the proud owner of one. We launch a mobile version of our website so you can shop Sierra Trading Post almost anywhere. Just in time for the release of the very first iPad.
2012: The TJX Shopper
While the rest of the world was going Gangnam Style, we were going TJX style. Sierra Trading Post is bought by TJX Companies, Inc. in 2012. If you frequent T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, Homegoods or any other TJX store, you're probably excited to have Sierra Trading Post added to your TJX Rewards® card.
2013: The Ship-to-Store Shopper
You can now continue binge watching Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones without worrying about a doorbell interruption. Sierra Trading Post introduces free ship-to-store services. Order online, wait for an email and pick up your order... for free!
2015: The Exploring Shopper
You might have noticed that we look a little different. Sierra Trading Post works with ad agency Carmichael Lynch to evolve our logo, tagline and brand voice. While you can still "love the deals and live the adventure," we switch to something more fitting: We are all explorers.
This new branding rolls out along with a new retail store in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Burlington, Vermont. To backtrack a little, here are a few other retail stores we've opened by now: Cody, Wyoming and Meridian, Idaho (now Boise) in 2000; Denver, Colorado and Fort Collins, Colorado in 2014.
2016: The Everyday Value Shopper
Daily coupons start to disappear, but this is exchanged with the more subtle change of lowering our prices right out of the gate. Why wait and search for a coupon when you can get a great deal right away? We take the leg work out so you can spend more time playing and less time couponing.
2016 also marks the addition of our Cottonwood Heights, Utah store, making for a total of nine total Sierra Trading Post retail stores.
We're excited to be turning 30 and can't wait to see what the future holds. Thank you for sticking with us through all these years.
If you want to share your own memories as an ever-evolving Sierra Trading Post customer, get social! Share your photos and memories with hashtag #STP30Years.
