
A Footwear Guru’s Top 5 Trends
In 1995, Lori Ridgeway moved from Pennsylvania to Nashville, TN, and began working at Cumberland Transit, an outdoor specialty store serving the Music City for over 50 years.
In 1995, Lori Ridgeway moved from Pennsylvania to Nashville, TN, and began working at Cumberland Transit, an outdoor specialty store serving the Music City for over 50 years.
In my 30-year career as an outdoor industry journalist, I’ve especially enjoyed getting to know retailers nationwide. In the late 1990s, working as a trade magazine editor, I took annual spring trips to visit outdoor specialty stores in specific regions. After each road trip, we would publish a story profiling the shops we saw in the area: “Eye on the Midwest,” “Eye on the Mid-Atlantic,” etc.
This November 19-21, 2024, outdoor industry members will gather in Austin, TX, for the annual Switchback at The Running Event. Then, on June 16-18, 2025, the outdoor industry will meet again for the inaugural Switchback Spring education and business gathering in Nashville, TN. People planning to attend these events might wonder what’s behind the “Switchback” name.
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