|
|
Article: The industry meets in SLC to show how far it's come.
- Article from:
- The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Article date:
- August 6, 2006
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2006 The Salt Lake Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Mike Gorrell
Aug. 6--So much has changed in the recreation industry, in the world, since the Outdoor Retailer summer market debuted 25 years ago.
"It used to be a lot of hippie types. Now there's money involved and there are professional people," said Betsy Nichols, marketing and sales vice president for Alpineaire Foods, one of 21 companies that participated in the first Outdoor Retailer trade show -- in 1982 in Las Vegas -- and are still around for this year's rendition, which begins Wednesday at the newly expanded Salt Palace Convention Center.
But in some ways, the show -- along with its winter counterpart held in February -- hasn't ...