Utah shines at retailers' '07 market

Kuhl is a popular line of clothing and comes with a Salt Lake address. The line includes men's, women's and kids jackets, vests, shirts and pants.

Spiro-Sport Foods out of Park City has come up with healthy, good-tasting snacks made specifically for those with an active lifestyle. It uses natural beef, free of antibiotics, pesticides and/or growth hormones. The cattle are vegetarian-fed from an early age. At the show, it introduced turkey bites, which are made from free-range turkey meat mixed with just the right touch of natural honey.

Then came the announcement at the show that three more companies, including online retailer Backcountry.com and Smith Optics were coming to Utah.

Utah doesn't hold as many companies as California or Colorado, but the list is growing, as seen at this year's Outdoor Retailers Winter Market.

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