All National Outdoor Expo articles
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ArticleThe British gather at two outdoor events ahead of sales season
The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) had its annual meet-up in Tamworth, U.K., last week, following its AGM in Sheffield last October. Andrew Denton, the CEO of OIA, brought the event back to its spring timing, meaning it took place just days before the National Outdoor Expo opened at the nearby ...
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News briefsRaccoon buys U.S. B2C event from SIA
Raccoon Events, the British company behind the National Running Show and the National Outdoor Expo in the U.K., has acquired the Snowbound Festival from Snowsports Industries America (SIA). Raccoon and SIA announced that they would form a long-term partnership in conjunction with the Snowbound B2C event. The partnership aims to ...
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ArticleRacoon Events CEO introduces Net Zero plan at COP26
At a panel discussion at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Raccoon Events Ltd’s CEO Mike Seaman introduced the company’s roadmap to reach Net Zero by 2025. The plan visible on the Raccoon website is set out in five areas, all of which will have quarterly and annual targets ...
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National Outdoor Expo delayed by one year
The National Outdoor Expo, originally scheduled to take place March 27-28 at the NEC in Birmingham, will be postponed by one year to March 19-20, 2022. Mike Seaman, CEO of Raccoon Events, the organizer of the U.K. show, said: “We left it as late as we could to make this ...
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Momentum is building for National Outdoor Expo in March 2021
Several outdoor brands including Montane , Salomon , Salkan , Salewa , Yurts for Life , Cactus Drinkwell , Latitude Adventures , The Outdoor Guide and Savage Adventures have joined the line-up at The National Outdoor Expo in March 2021 at the NEC Birmingham. These ...
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First National Outdoor Expo to take place on March 27-28 in Birmingham
The first National Outdoor Expo will be held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) of Birmingham, the U.K.’s largest exhibition venue, on March 27-28, 2021. The end-consumer event is organized by Raccoon Events, the company responsible also for the National Running Show. According to Raccoon, the event will have many ...
