Largest Outdoor Retailer ever

09/08/2013
The organisers of Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, Emerald Expositions, have said the 2013 event, which ended on August 3, attracted just under 27,000 visitors. This figure is in keeping with attendance in 2012, but this year’s criteria for entry were stricter, Emerald said.

“Innovation continues to drive consumer interest through specialty outdoor retail, which is the engine that keeps this industry and show humming,” said show director, Kenji Haroutunian.

There were 1,300 exhibitors, which the organisers said “mirrored last year’s numbers very closely”, but the show covered a larger area than ever before, 48,000 square-metres, including three temporary pavilion structures outside the Salt Palace exhibition centre.