Fall - InsideOutdoor Magazine
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Salt Lake in the Rearview Mirror Photo courtesy Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Rewind & Fast Forward by Martin Vilaboy Peaking travel costs and threats of “staycations” be damned. The outdoor industry was out in full force in August, convening in Salt Lake City for what show organizers, Nielsen Business Media, called a record-breaking Outdoor Retailer Summer Market. An informal survey taken on the show floor suggested tough times forced some smaller independent retailers, particularly those from Eastern parts of the U.S., to send fewer buyers than in the past or forego the trip altogether. But, by and large, outdoor industry members used whatever means necessary (planes, trains, automobile, buses and bicycles) to convene on the Salt Palace, where traffic in the aisles was as heavy as ever, and booths continued to push the boundaries of the space provided by the long-time venue. 14 | InsideOutdoor | Fall 2008
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