Outdoor Retailer Selects Finalists For Annual Innovation Award
Outdoor Retailer announced the finalists for its fifth annual Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards.
An independent panel* evaluated 132 entries to select the 30 award nominees, which include outdoor and winter sports products, fabrics and materials, digital and retail services.
Products will be displayed in the Innovation Gallery during the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show, January 10-12, 2023, in the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on January 11 at the Hyatt Regency Salt Lake.
The company/product finalists are:
- Allied Feather + Down: ExpeDry Ultra Dry Down
- Blueview Footwear: Blueview Pacific
- Born Outdoor: Badger Bed
- Burlington: Natural No Fly Zone
- Cardo Systems: Packtalk Outdoor
- Db: Snow Pro Vest 8L
- Fischer Sports: Fischer Two
- G3: R3-Ride. Repeat. Recycle.
- Garmin International, Inc.: Edge 1040 Solar
- Geartrade: Geartrade Consignment Service
- GOES (Global Outdoor Emergency Support): GOES.health App
- Jack Wolfskin: Tapeless Jacket
- Land Energy: Connected Core Battery Power Platform
- Loose Cannon Systems, Inc.: Milo The Action Communicator
- Made Apparel: Custom Made-to-Measure Hard Shell Jacket
- Nix Biosensors: Nix Hydration Biosensor
- On Running: Cloudneo
- Opolis: StokedSnow Goggles StokedPlastic
- OrthoLite: OrthoLite Cirql
- Paka: Pakafill
- PlsReturnMe.com: Open source lost item/person return and authentication IDs
- RightOnTrek, Inc.: Backcountry Meals
- Safeback: SBX
- Sanuk: Veg Out
- SheFly Apparel: Go Free Legging
- Split Skis, Ltd.: Freetour
- Steeped Coffee: Peak State Guatemala Medium Roast Coffee (Steeped)
- Stoko: K1 Summit
- WNDR Alpine: Intention 108
- WoolAid Limited: WoolAid Adhesive Bandages
*The panel judged products on four criteria—Spark (concept, design, appeal), Desire (opportunity, differentiation), Function (innovation, functionality, insight), and Impact (cultural, environmental, business).
