2011 Outdoor Retailer Expo Winter Market to Open In Salt Lake City

Outdoor sports gear buyers, distributors and related media will converge on Salt Lake City later this month for the 2011 Outdoor Retailer Expo Winter Market. The event at the Salt Palace Convention Center will feature cutting-edge technologies involving footwear, gloves, fabrics, eyewear, heated clothing and more. The trade show is calendared for January 20-23. The All Mountain Demo is scheduled for January 19th at Solitude Mountain Resort.

Outdoor Retailer Winter Market Expo 2010 Underway in Utah

16,000 manufacturers, retailers and suppliers of winter sports goods are in Utah to participate in the 2010 version of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market Expo. Many of the event visitors are store owners and managers who are looking to stock shelves with the latest winter gear. The main event runs through Sunday at Salt Lake City's Salt Palace Convention Center.

Many outdoor recreation companies have operations in Utah, among them: Rossignol, Ogio, Backcountry.com and Chums.