Category: News/Updates

We’re down to the last four days in in O’Fallon, Illinois.

Like we’ve said before, our O’Fallon, Ill., store will close for good on Sunday, April 22. That mean’s you’ve got four final opportunities to take advantage of huge discounts on anything we have left in the store – including many of the fixtures we still have left.

And now we’ve dropped the prices on gear and apparel even more!

You’ll find even deeper discounts on previous year’s products – up to 75% off.

These deals are only good at our O’Fallon, Illinois location while supplies last and while the store remains open.

Turn Your Old Gear Into Sold Gear at the Swap!

Alpine Shop’s 25th Annual Spring Swap is a combination of a consignment sale, our Summer Pre-Season Sale and our Winter Clearance, all wrapped up into one BIG event.

What started out 25 years ago as an opportunity for our customers to outfit their entire family on a budget has turned into the Midwest’s Largest Consignment Sale for Outdoor Gear. There are two locations for the Swap: Alpine Shop Kirkwood & Columbia.

Our Chesterfield, Mo. store and “The Pathfinder” in Manhattan, Kan., feature impressive sale prices on brand new gear during the same time period, but do not have used gear available.

You can sell gear from any season of the year, provided it meets our standards below. All gear will be safety checked before it is allowed in the Swap and Alpine Shop reserves the right to refuse any items for any reason we see fit.

What Can I Sell?

By CATEGORY, the listing below indicates the gear and clothing we will accept in this year’s Swap: (if you don’t see it below, we won’t accept it. Sorry!)

CAMPING: Tents, Backpacks, Sleeping Bags, Camp Furniture, Camp Stoves, Camp Lanterns & Cooking Kits.

CLOTHING: We will accept all clothing for men, women and children from manufacturers that Alpine Shop has carried in our stores during the last three years (excluding underwear, gloves and socks). For brands other than those that Alpine Shop has carried, we will ONLY accept technical outerwear pieces. This includes: Winter Coats, Ski/Board Pants, Rain Jackets, Rain Pants, Fleece Jackets & Fleece Pullovers. No exceptions.

CYCLING: Complete Bikes, Cycling Apparel, Bike Trailers. (No separate bike components. No shoes. No helmets.)

PADDLE: Canoes, Kayaks, Stand-Up Paddle Boards, Paddles, PFDs, Dry Suits/Dry Tops or Bottoms, Wet Suits.

RACKS: Trailer Hitch & Trunk Mount Racks, All Rack Accessories. (We will not accept components for attaching a rack to the roof of a vehicle.)

SNOWSPORTS: Alpine Skis or Snowboards (less than seven (7) years old), Ski boots, Snowboard Boots and Bindings. (No cross country skis or boots.)

STROLLERS: Jog strollers only.

Limits: Each customer is limited to selling a total of 10 items that are individually priced under $200. Additional items will be charged $1 each. No limit on items over $200.

How Do I Sell My Used Gear and Clothing?

1. Download and print this two-page form. Fill it out as best you can before you come to Alpine Shop Kirkwood, Columbia or O’Fallon. This will save everyone a whole lot of time!

2: Bring the items you’re looking to sell and your completed paperwork to the shop you plan on selling starting Monday, April 23 through Thursday, April 26. Check-in times are Noon to 8 pm at our Kirkwood location. Our Columbia location wil accept goods between Noon and 5 pm.

3. Complete any remaining information on the contract. Don’t know what to price an item? We will assist you as best we can. Please remember, this is a swap event. Most sales occur on items priced around or below 50% of general retail prices.

4: Sit back and wait for your product to sell. (Or shop for some great stuff, yourself!)

How Much Do I Get Paid?

Depending on the price you set for your goods, you can earn a certain percentage of the sales price back in either Alpine Shop store credit or a check:

1. Swap Goods with a final sale price of under $199.99 earn either 70% of the final sales price in store credit or 50% of the sales price in a check.

2. Swap Goods with a final sale price of $200 or higher earn 80% of the final sales price in store credit or 60% in check.

We will begin writing checks and issuing credits at 10 am on Tuesday, May 1. Please do not request payment before then. You have until close of business on Wednesday, May 2 to claim your payment (and any unsold items) in the store. Any unclaimed payments after that date will be mailed in the form of either store-credit or check (depending on which you indicate at registration) to the address you provided us during check-in. You can expect to receive payment in the mail by Friday, May 18.

What if my stuff doesn’t sell?

We ask you to please pick up any items that fail to sell by store-close on Wed. May 2. Items not picked up by that time will be donated to a charity of our choosing. Please understand, we do not have room to store your gear once the tent is down.

Following a four-store stock consolidation sale, Alpine Shop announced today that it will close it’s O’Fallon, Illinois location at the end of the business day on Sunday, April 22.

Everything left inside that store will be discounted at least 30% off of the original retail price on the tag. This applies to all newly arrived merchandise including all remaining Spring 2018 apparel, footwear and camping gear from all of our brands.

Last year’s products are at even bigger discounts. Simply look for colored dots on the price tag. The colors equal the discount taken at the register off of the original price.

But the final day is just 11 days away.

All sales are final and all offers are only good at our O’Fallon location.

[ST.  LOUIS – MARCH 11, 2017] Alpine Shop, locally owned and operated for 44 years as the Midwest’s home for the great outdoors, announced today that it will be closing its O’Fallon, Illinois location at the conclusion of a four-store stock consolidation sale that commences on Wednesday, March 14th.

In December of 2012, Alpine Shop opened its O’Fallon locale with the goal of bringing its vision of “Generations Transformed by Discovery Outdoors” to St. Clair County.

Six years later, declining sales in that market combined with an up-for-renewal lease have caused the St. Louis-based outdoor-recreation company to make the decision to close the O’Fallon store by mid-April of 2018.

“Unfortunately,” said owner, Russell “Holly” Hollenbeck. “Despite our best efforts, the store has just never taken root there like we had hoped. With our lease expiring next month, we made the difficult decision not to renew.”

This will be the first time in company history that Alpine Shop will close a store with no immediate plans to relocate in the same area.

Alpine Shop will liquidate the entire inventory at its 1855 West US Highway 50 store in O’Fallon.

All just-arrived spring 2018 clothing and outerwear prices will be marked down at least 20% off with discounts of 30-50% in place for previous seasons’ merchandise. Footwear, camping, climbing, cycling and paddling gear will start at 10% off* for models that just arrived within the past month with reductions of 20-60% off previous seasons’ models. Further markdowns will be taken in the snowsport category, as well.

Hollenbeck also announced that the company would be extending those exact same discounts to customers at all four Alpine Shop stores for a limited time beginning next week.

“We have some incredible customers that have been a part of our lives for almost as long as we’ve been in business,” Hollenbeck said. “We felt it was unreasonable to put on a promotion at one store that didn’t offer the same sort of opportunities to the people that have been supporting us for more than four decades.”

All Alpine Shop locations will be closed Monday, March 12 and Tuesday, March 13 to prepare for this event. Doors will reopen on Wednesday, March 14 at 9 a.m., for the single largest promotion in the company’s history.

For nearly 44 years, Alpine Shop has outfitted customers for adventures spanning far across the globe and hikes just up the street. They have expanded from a small climbing store in Webster Groves, Mo., into one of the finest outdoor specialty retailers in the country.

*Please note, these sales will exclude all Specialized and Jackson Kayak brand products due to vendor requirements. Promotional pricing will also not be available on-line at www.alpineshop.com.