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Summer Outdoor Retailer’s Most Eye-Catching Displays

From ice cream to carnival rides, there’ve been new surprises at every turn

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Emily Reed
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Black Diamond served up an oddity at its booth on day one: a slightly off-kilter root-beer float made with dry ice that emanated a distinct cloud of smoke.

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Back-to-back meetings all day for three days straight is undeniably exhausting, but there are also plenty of opportunities for fun. Take Keen Fest, a fair-like installation the brand set up across the street from the convention center, complete with a Ferris wheel.

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What’s better than your choice of ice cream on the Outdoor Retailer show floor? The Flexfit booth houses a full-on re-creation of your favorite hometown ice cream parlor. 

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Igloo released its new, completely biodegradable Recool at January’s Winter Outdoor Retailer, and the cooler hit shelves in May. The brand isn’t shy about continuing to market the $10 cooler, with such displays as this igloo made out of, well, Igloos. 

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The Front Runner display has attracted many wandering eyes, as it’s home to an International Scout kitted out with a full Front Runner roof-rack system. We don’t know what we want more, the roof rack or the car.

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