All OTS articles
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News briefsOTS 2025 reports record growth in attendance
The UK’s only outdoor-focused trade show sees sharp increases in visitor numbers, repeat attendance and brand engagement across multiple sectors.
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ArticleOTS 2025: The bringing together of the British Outdoor industry
Outdoor Trade Show 2025 in Liverpool brought the UK outdoor trade together in record numbers — our columnist Charles Ross reports on key launches, retail insights and rising trends.
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News briefsOTS 2025 will be the largest yet
The leading UK trade event for the outdoor industry is set to welcome over 140 exhibitors and packed programming in mid-June in Liverpool.
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ArticleAku launches rebrand and dealer program at OTS
The Italian outdoor footwear brand unveils a new logo, strategy and product features to strengthen its market presence and expand into the professional sector.
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News briefsVisitor registration now open for OTS 2025 in June
Visitor registration is now open for the Outdoor Trade Show 2025, the UK’s largest outdoor trade show, returning to Liverpool with 130+ brands and new product launches.
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News briefsOTS sponsors EOS 2024 in Cambridge
Outdoor Trade Show expands its European presence by sponsoring the European Outdoor Summit in September, joining top outdoor brands.
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OpinionRecap: OTS 2024 Sustainability Breakfast
The British Outdoor Trade Show summer event has copied the principle of the European Outdoor Group’s (EOG) gathering on the second morning of the show to get interested people in the same room to focus on a subject. Whereas OutDoor by ISPO has migrated to the whole reach of the ...
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ArticleTrade show recap: OTS finds a long-term home in Liverpool
Last week, outdoor brands, retailers, not-for-profit organizations, and journalists headed to Liverpool for the 2024 edition of the Outdoor Trade Show (OTS), which, after changing venues multiple times over the last decade, seems to have firmly made the Liverpool Exhibition Centre its home. Held over three days across one 8,100-sqm ...
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News briefsOTS venue commits to net zero by 2030
Exhibition Centre Liverpool, the venue for the UK trade show OTS since 2021 and recently confirmed as a future venue until at least 2027, has committed to becoming a net zero venue by 2030. This puts Exhibition Centre Liverpool twenty years ahead of the events industry’s 2050 target and reflects ...
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News briefsOTS announces dates until 2027
The organizers of the UK Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) have announced the dates until 2027. Over the next three years, the event at Exhibition Centre Liverpool will take place on the following dates: June 10-12, 2025; June 2-4, 2026; and June 1-3, 2027. This early announcement is meant to allow ...
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News briefsThe winners of the UK Outdoor Industry Awards 2023
The OIA has announced the winners of the UK Outdoor Industry Awards 2023, which were presented at the 2024 OIA Conference at Drayton Manor Resort, Tamworth. The awards process began at the Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) 2023, which took place in Liverpool in June. There, a panel of judges made ...
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News briefsVoting for UK Outdoor Industry Awards 2023 now open
Online voting for the UK Outdoor Industry Awards 2023 is now open. Participating voters will also be in with a chance of winning either a £500 (€572) Ellis Brigham Gift Card, or a pair of £100 tickets for the 2024 Kendal Mountain Festival. The public vote is the final ...
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OpinionTrade shows: “Sometimes the value cannot be beaten”
After OTS in the UK, Charles Ross still sees value in trade shows. The best bring leadership, collaboration and are moving with the Industry.
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News briefsOIA Outdoor Industry Awards 2023 open for entries
The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) has officially launched the UK Outdoor Industry Awards 2023, for which brands from across the industry can apply until May 6, 2023. All entries will again be exhibited at the Outdoor Trade Show (OTS), which takes place June 13-15, 2023, at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool. ...
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ArticleReview: Slide/OTS Winter 2023
With the flip of ISPO to before Christmas and much nearer the opening of the Fall/Winter 23/24 buying window, the British show acted more as a way to wrap up order-taking for retailers. ISPO also was reorganized to have Hall B2 as the center of conversations and thinking. Munich saw ...
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News briefsSlide & OTS Winter opens for biggest edition since 2011
With more than 100 exhibitors for the annual U.K. Slide Snowsport Trade Show and Outdoor Trade Show (OTS), the events – jointly organized and run since early 2022 – will feature the largest number of brands since moving to the Telford event location in 2011. The combined show opens ...
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News briefsSlide & OTS Winter announce sustainability breakfast
The organizers of Slide & OTS Winter have announced the second Sustainability Breakfast on on Jan. 11 for the 2023 winter edition of the show in the Newport Suite at Telford International Centre. Sponsored by Equip brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, all exhibitors and show attendees are invited to register ...
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News briefsRunning Industry Alliance partners with OTS
The Running Industry Alliance (RIA) has announced a partnership with the Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) that includes a dedicated RIA Trail Running Area at next year’s show. OTS claims to be the U.K.’s only large-scale outdoor sport and leisure-focused trade show. Its 17th edition will be held at the Exhibition ...
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News briefsBooth booking for OTS 2023 now open
Following the success of the 2022 show, preparations are already underway for the next edition of the Outdoor Trade Show (OTS), which will be held again at Exhibition Centre Liverpool from June 13-15, 2023. The show is now accepting booking requests from new exhibitors who wish to participate. Prices start ...
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News briefsMore outdoor brands commit to Slide & OTS Winter
In the second year of the official collaboration between Slide and OTS, more outdoor brands have secured a spot at the 2023 winter edition. Show organizer Lesley Beck commented, “In addition to our returning snowsport and lifestyle brands, we have seen a noticeable increase in the number of inquiries coming ...
