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==Growth==
[[Image:Mountain Equipment Co-op.jpg|thumb|right|250px|MEC store in [[Edmonton]].]]
MEC's growth has been slow and methodical over the last 30 years. During Peter Robinson's tenure as [[CEO]] from 2000 to 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://images.mec.ca/media/Images/pdf/MEC_New_CEO_release_v1_m56577569830644179.pdf|title=MEC looks within for its new CEO|work=Media Release|publisher=Mountain Equipment Co-op|date=4 December 2007}}</ref> the chain targeted one new store opening per year. With a 2007 sales target of almost a quarter of a billion dollars, MEC continues to look for new ways to fulfill its [[mission statement]] of "getting people outdoors"
By early 2004 MEC culture, sales and internal financial health was once again thriving, posting surpluses in excess of 5% of sales.
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* [[Barrie, Ontario]] (2010)<ref>http://www.mec.ca/Main/content_text.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302886290</ref>
* [[London, Ontario]] ( Fall 2011)<ref>http://www.mec.ca/Main/content_text.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302886290</ref>
==MEC Festivals==
In 2006 MEC began a national program of outdoor "festivals" in every MEC city across Canada. [[MEC Paddlefest]] was the first of these and billed itself as the most important date on the paddlers calender. In 2008, [[MEC Bikefest]] was launched in 6 cities and now is in every MEC city. MEC has announced that it's third National Festival, Snowfest will begin in all MEC cities during the winter of 2011.
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