NORTH VANCOUVER, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 5, 2026--
Arc’teryx Equipment, the global design company specializing in technical high-performance apparel and equipment, has opened its newest store on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, California. Opened on October 3, the location marks the brand’s first-ever retail concept dedicated exclusively to climbing and the next evolution of Arc’teryx’s presence in Southern California.
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Arc’teryx Abbot Kinney pairs a curated, climb-focused assortment with a climbing wall, a lounge, an outdoor patio, and a beta board, giving local climbers a place to gather, train, learn, and connect. It is the brand’s fourth location in Los Angeles and fifth in Southern California. The store marks the next chapter in Arc’teryx’s continued growth across the region.
“At Arc’teryx climbing is part of our DNA and community has always been core to how we think about retail. The shared connection we have to climb with the Los Angeles community was the catalyst for the creation of this new store concept” saidDelaney Schweitzer, GM Arc’teryx, North America. “With Abbot Kinney, we’re creating a new expression of that climbing heritage for Los Angeles — preserving the character of an existing building while designing a flexible space that can move between retail, climbing and community programming. It’s a different kind of retail experience, grounded in the sport culture that has always defined Arc’teryx.”
Built for the Climbing Community
Climbing sits at the center of both the assortment and experience at Abbot Kinney. The store features a focused selection of Arc’teryx climbing apparel and equipment alongside a curated assortment of third-party climbing products, creating a destination built around climbers' needs.
The experience extends well beyond the product assortment. A built-in Grasshopper climbing wall can be activated for events, with routes and holds updated regularly by local partner Long Beach Rising. Nearby, the Beta Lounge features furniture from local design studio WAKA WAKA, climbing guidebooks and current issues of Alpinist and Summit Journal, inviting guests to spend time in the space and connect before or after climbing.
Throughout the store, athlete features and installations bring Arc’teryx’s climbing heritage to life. Large-scale athlete imagery is paired with in-depth displays featuring photographs, artifacts, books, and written narratives that offer a closer look at the people, preparation, and determination behind significant ascents. The store will also feature Arc Presents, a rotating projection series bringing climbing films and other content into the space.
An outdoor patio provides additional space for guests to gather and recharge and can be configured for workshops, small gatherings and screenings, while flexible fixtures throughout the store allow the retail floor to transform for films, workshops, talks and other events.
Local Roots
Arc’teryx has built relationships with local climbing partners including ABA and Long Beach Rising (LBR), helping ground the brand’s presence in the community well before the doors opened on Abbot Kinney. Long Beach Rising will play an ongoing role in the store experience, including regularly updating routes and holds on the climbing wall and supporting the store’s selection of climb-focused third-party products. Together, these partners will shape programming from events and workshops to the in-store climbing experiences, so the space reflects the climbing culture that already exists in LA.
“Our best stores are shaped by the communities they serve,” saidStephanie Jamieson, Senior Director Brand Community, North America. “We wanted to create a place that LA climbers would genuinely want to spend time in: somewhere to learn from one another, connect with the local scene and find new ways to get involved. The climbing wall, lounge, patio and programming all come back to that idea, creating a space that supports the community in ways that go well beyond shopping.
Arc’teryx Abbot Kinney is located at 1116 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291, and opened to the public on Saturday, October 3. The store is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. PST and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. PST.
About Arc’teryx
Arc’teryx is a Canadian company based in the Coast Mountains. Our design process is connected to the real world, focused on delivering unrivaled durability and performance in extreme conditions. Our products are distributed through over 160 branded stores and more than 2,400 retail locations worldwide. We are problem solvers, evolving and searching for a better way to deliver resolved, minimalist designs. Good design that matters makes lives better.
Arc'teryx - Abbott Kinney Store Interior
Arc'teryx - Abbott Kinney Store Interior
Arc'teryx - Abbott Kinney Store Interior
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Yemeni officials said Monday.
The officials said forces allied with the internationally recognized government have retaken the crucial town of Dhubab just north of the strait. They also captured the towns of Bab and Hadeid, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.
The government push came as part of a major offensive launched early Monday under an air cover by a Saudi military coalition.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back for updates. AP’s earlier story follows below.
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Forces of Yemen’s internationally recognized government began a major offensive Monday against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on the country's Red Sea coast, under an intensified air campaign by the Saudi-led coalition.
The offensive came just after the rebels said they had captured more territory in the southwestern part of Yemen, taking a key town in a blow to the Saudi-backed forces as they advanced toward a strategic provincial capital in the region.
The Saudi-led coalition spokesman, Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, said 100 fighter jets were providing support to the forces of Yemen’s internationally recognized government fighting against the Houthis. He said the coalition has secured “air protection” of the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait and destroyed hundreds of Houthi targets as part of the ongoing campaign.
The campaign and its details could not be immediately independently verified.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that it was expected that the Saudi-backed government in Yemen would hit back at the rebels to reclaim territory. Asked if the Saudi-led coalition coordinated the action with the United States, Rubio said that Saudi Arabia and the U.S. have a defense agreement but wouldn’t offer more details.
He said the Yemeni government was ousted from some of its territory by a Houthi campaign and the Saudis have come under attack, and “they have a right to defend themselves."
The U.S. has provided support to Saudi Arabia in its ongoing campaign against the Houthis, according to a regional official and a U.S. official. This U.S. support included intelligence sharing, target identification and planning for the offensive, said the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to reporters.
The U.S. had supported the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis early in the Yemen war, before quitting the coalition in recent years.
The Houthi rebels seized the town of Turbah on Sunday, shortly before the internationally recognized government announced a major military operation against them.
The escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis has revived Yemen’s civil war after a four-year ceasefire.
Turbah sits on a main road linking the provincial capital of Taiz with the port city of Aden, which serves as an interim seat of Yemen's government. Over the years, the town was a major post for the government forces defending Taiz against the Houthis.
Earlier, the Houthis seized several villages and areas on Taiz's outskirts in a series of advances, paving the way for the rebels to encircle Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city.
The Houthis made a swift push on the country's western coast on the Red Sea in early September. They captured the strategic city of Mokha and several Red Sea islands, gains that enabled them to control the Yemeni side of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial chokepoint through which 12% of global trade transits.
In its announcement Sunday, the Saudi-backed government said it was mobilizing troops across government-held areas.
Rashad al-Alimi, head of the ruling Presidential Leadership Council, said in a televised speech that the operations were aiming at “recovering the remaining territories” controlled by the Houthis. He called on the international community to provide support to his government.
Hours after al-Alimi’s declaration, a Saudi military spokesperson, Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, vowed “full operational support” to the Yemeni government forces, until the Houthis are “eliminated.”
Al-Malki also stressed Saudi Arabia’s right to take all necessary measures to deter the rebels who continued to fire missiles and drones at the kingdom as part of the nearly three-month escalation that revived Yemen’s civil war.
On Monday, factions allied with the Saudi-backed coalition fighting the Houthis said they launched offensives against the rebels on the eastern flank of the coastal areas that the Houthis had seized in their latest advances.
They attacked Houthi positions in the town of Dhubab, on the coast of the Bab el-Mandeb strait, said Col. Majed al-Nazili, spokesman for the Saudi-backed forces.
The Giants Brigades, a government-allied group, said it began a “decisive military operation against the Houthi militias,” also in the Bab el-Mandeb area.
Al-Alimi said in a post on X on Monday that the operation — dubbed “Yemen Dawn” — has started with the aim of “restoring state institutions, liberating" Sanaa, Yemen’s rebel-controlled capital, and ending "the Houthi terrorist militia coup.”
Al-Nazili said government forces were carrying out a “strategic offensive” on Sanaa. The Houthi media office reported multiple airstrikes by the Saudi coalition on their territories, including Sanaa.
The latest flare-up began in mid-July, when the Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of bombing the airport in Sanaa to prevent the landing of an unauthorized Iranian flight. The rebels responded with missile and drone attacks against Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government forces in the country.
They also announced a blockade on Saudi shipping in the Red Sea and attacked several Saudi-linked vessels.
Then in September, they intensified their campaign, storming down the Red Sea coast in their biggest land grab in years.
The rebels' taking of Turbah “will likely severely constrain Yemeni government-aligned forces’ ability to reinforce and resupply front-line positions” across Taiz province and the provincial capital of Taiz, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank.
“Disrupting resupply has military value, of course, but controlling all the roads in and out of areas to the north of Turbah also prevents government forces from retreating out of the city,” the think tank wrote in a Sunday analysis.
Yemen’s civil war began in 2014 when the Houthis descended from their northern stronghold, capturing Sanaa and forcing the government to flee into exile in Saudi Arabia. The war created one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters and killed more than 150,000 people.
The latest bout of violence has killed at least 959 people and wounded over 4,200 others, according to the World Health Organization. The flare-up forced about 174,097 people to flee their homes inside Yemen, according to the U.N. migration agency. More than 3,000 others fled across the waters into Djibouti, the agency reported.
Last week, Yemen’s health ministry — part of the internationally recognized government — warned about the conflict’s impact on health facilities and medical staff across Taiz province. The ministry said in a statement on Friday that health facilities in coastal, western and southern areas of the province have closed or are barely partially functioning.
Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writer Matthew Lee contributed to this report.
A tea seller pours milk from a can as he prepares tea at a market in Houthi-controlled Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
Yemeni civilians celebrate while riding in the back of a pickup truck in the Bani Matar district, Yemen, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, as they follow a convoy carrying Houthi prisoners freed in Mokha on its way to Sanaa following the Houthi takeover of the southern Red Sea port city. (AP Photo/STR)
A man walks inside a damaged sponge factory in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
