The Olympics Shut Down a North Face Store, So They Opened an Extreme Pop-Up

Only the most rugged winter athletes could find it

After its shop at the Genting Ski Resort outside Beijing was closed for the Winter Olympics, outdoor gear brand The North Face opened what it called “the coldest pop-up store.”

Located “really in the middle of nowhere,” per a spokesperson for creative agency Fred and Farid Shanghai, the pop-up was open for a week in mid-January in a remote area of the Changbai Mountains. According to the company, this one of the coldest areas in China, where temperatures drop to -33 degrees Celsius.


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