The Outdoor Retailer trade show may be leaving Utah after a 22-year long run, but they aren’t going quietly. On the second day of their 2017 Summer Market, thousands of convention participants, along with Utah locals, marched from the Salt Palace Convention Center to the state capitol building. Their message? To keep public lands in…
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This Land is Our Land March to the capitol during Outdoor Retailer
The Outdoor Industry will host a “This Land is Our Land March” during Outdoor Retailer in July. The 2017 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market is likely the last time it will take place in Salt Lake City. Thanks to Utah Governor Herbert and his anti-public lands policies, the OR Show is (presumably) moving to Denver and…
Outdoor Industry Association meets with Governor Herbert, and it does not go well
Well, it sure looks like Utah is going to lose Outdoor Retailer. In a good faith attempt to reconcile differences between the Outdoor Industry Association and Utah Governor, Gary Herbert, both sides came together in a meeting Thursday to achieve an understanding. The hoped for result? A commitment by Herbert to protect public land in…
Lines are being drawn in the Outdoor Retailer battle for public lands
It all started when Patagonia and Arc’teryx pulled out of the Outdoor Retailer show in protest of the Utah government’s attack on public lands, specifically concerning the Bears Ears National Monument. Many feared a flood of other outdoor brands would follow, and some have, including Peak Design, Power Practical, and Polartec But other influential brands are…
Arc’teryx follows Patagonia and exits Outdoor Retailer
Patagonia opened the floodgates, and now more outdoor brands are following their lead. Patagonia announced their departure this week from Outdoor Retailer in protest of Utah’s public lands policies (especially Governor Herbert’s resolution calling on the Trump administration to do away with the newly-created Bears Ears National Monument.) It was expected that other brands would…