How one vice president at Altrec.com helped save the company by downsizing his own job. A layoff saga with a hopeful twist. Perhaps the only thing worse than getting the ax is wielding the ax … over ...

Eight months ago it looked like the end was near for Altrec.com, a tiny Eastside online retailer of outdoor gear. Venture capital funding dried up. Staffing levels were cut by more than 40 percent.

Great Outdoors, the new brick-and-mortar store of Redmond-based outdoor gear retailer Altrec.com, will open Oct. 7 in Bend. The store will sell first-line gear, as well as additional product lines not ...