Outdoor Retailer, the outdoor industry’s flagship trade show, will not come to Salt Lake City in November, organizers announced Thursday.
The trade show has historically been held twice a year at the Salt Palace Convention Center downtown, save for the five years it spent in Denver. In an— the show’s newsletter that broke the announcement Thursday — show director Sean Smith said OR will now combine into one, big, “more comprehensive show and enhanced experience” in June.
The summer show has always been the flagship event for OR, and typically draws three to four times the number of exhibitors as the fall show, which this year was scheduled for Nov. 6-8. This year’s fall show was set to run concurrently with, a show under the Outdoor Retailer umbrella that focuses on new technologies, as well as raw materials rather than finished products. That show will return to the June slot, where it made its debut this year.
Splitting the show into two seasons was, historically, a way for brands to debut seasonal gear and retailers to plan and buy accordingly. Consolidating, OR said online, is a way to respond to “the evolving buying patterns in the market.” The governor, who is up for reelection this fall, was comparing the trade show to the Sundance Film Festival, whichthat Utah is among the three places still in the running to host the festival starting in 2027. Sundance said it would explore other host options in May. Outdoor Retailer, Cox said Thursday morning, “realized they made a mistake” in leaving — a cautionary tale for Sundance to heed.
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