Mountain Designs


Mountain Designs is an outdoor clothing and equipment business based in Australia. They sell hiking, rockclimbing and general outdoor and recreational equipment. The company stocks a variety of international and local brands, as well as items in their own branded range across multiple categories including clothing, accessories, sleep and shelter, packs and bags and more.
It was founded by Rick White in Brisbane in 1975. The chain had 45 stores across Australia as of January 2018. Mountain Designs had a retail presence in New Zealand until pulling out in 2014 citing a slow economy and a saturated market. At the time of the announcement, it had 12 stores in the country and had been operating for over a decade.
In January 2018, Mountain Designs closed all of its retail stores, with the company stating it would transition into an online-only retailer. In March that year the Spotlight Retail Group purchased the company for an undisclosed sum. In April 2019, Mountain Designs relaunched its e-commerce website. The company would also sell a selection of its range in 60+ Anaconda stores, another outdoor equipment retailer owned by the Spotlight Retail Group.