ENTER NOW – A LOW COST WAY TO PUT YOUR PRODUCTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT!
NEW for 2027 – Categories extended from 7 to 9 – More categories to promote your products/More opportunities to win!
Why Enter?
- For a small marketing investment, your product can gain maximum exposure at the show, stand out from your competitors, and be a winner.
- Each entry is showcased directly to the retailers, media, and industry decision-makers who influence next season’s buying decisions.
- Entry from just £50 + VAT per product — a cost-effective way to achieve weeks of exposure, press coverage, and industry recognition.
Your Entry Includes
- Premium visibility: All entries displayed in the dedicated Awards area at the main show entrance.
- Influential exposure: Judged by visiting retailers, media, and opinion leaders, ensuring your products are seen by key buyers and influencers.
- Award recognition: Winners announced at the show during a dedicated industry presentation in front of industry peers, with the opportunity to use the official Winners’ Logo on packaging, marketing, and POS.
- Ongoing promotion:
- All entries to the Awards will be e-mailed and promoted to registered buyers and media in the run-up to the show.
- Winning products featured on the show website and all social media channels.
- Press release and imagery distributed to consumer media and trade publications for further exposure.
- Promotion across SIGB and Slide & OTS Winter LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram pages.
- Directional signage and voting posters will be displayed around the show on the first two days of the show.
- Extended PR reach: Further publicity during the crucial Autumn sell-through period, with coverage in consumer and trade media.
- Online voting: Pre-registered retailers can view and vote in advance — reaching an even wider audience before the show opens.
In Summary – Big Results, Small Investment
• Low entry cost: from £50 + VAT
• High-impact visibility: trade, media, and online
• Long-term value: PR, credibility, and brand awareness that extend beyond the show
A simple, affordable way to promote your latest products, raise brand awareness, and drive retail engagement.
Categories
- Accessories (Torches, maps, head torches, lighting, food, first aid, tools, technical gadgets such as watches, GPS, cameras, apps, transceivers. Insoles, footbeds, goggles, sunglasses, suncream, waxing kits and everything that does not fit into the other categories)
- Fresh Brand (this category is open only to new brands or first time exhibitors at the show)
- Footwear (Walking boots and shoes, climbing shoes, running shoes, snow boots, recovery footwear)
- Luggage and Rucksacks (Touring packs including abs packs, rucksacks, luggage, ski and snowboard travel luggage, travel luggage, daypacks)
- Outdoor Clothing (Hiking, climbing, running, outdoor lifestyle clothing, trousers, mid layers, base layers, gloves, socks, hats, belts)
- Outdoor Hardware (Climbing equipment including crampons, ice axes, helmets, sleeping bags, sleeping mats, tents, bivvy bags, camping equipment including furniture, stoves, cutlery, walking poles)
- Snowsports Clothing (Jackets, trousers, mid layers, base layers, socks, gloves, hats)
- Snowsports Hardware (skis, snowboards, ski boots, snowboard boots, ski bindings, snowboard bindings, touring bindings, ski/touring poles, helmets)
- Eco Award – Awarded to the product (entered in any of the above categories) that demonstrates outstanding sustainability credentials. If you would like your product to be considered, please ensure you highlight these on your product description. Judged by Protect Our Winters UK (POW UK), this award recognises genuine innovation and progress in environmentally friendly design, materials, and manufacturing processes. The product will be evaluated on its own lifecycle and climate impact, not general brand activity.
Judging Criteria
- Sustainability
- Functionality
- Workmanship
- Ergonomics
- Choice of materials
- Environmental Friendliness
- Safety
- Commercial Viability
Conditions of entry
All entries must:
- Be showing at Slide & OTS Winter 2027 and be launched into retail for winter 2027/2028.
- Be entered on this entry form.
- Include payment at time of entry. (a confirmation email and VAT receipt will be issued)
- Be submitted by 5pm, Friday 4th December 2026.
- Have a sample available for display for the duration of the show on the Awards display. Samples must either be sent to MCS office (Moss Nook House, 6-8 Trenchard Drive, Manchester, M22 5NA) by Wednesday 16th December OR supplied to the Organiser’s Office at Slide & OTS Winter by 12 midday on Monday 11th January.
- Exhibitors are allowed a maximum of three entries per brand.
- Include a description SRP and a product only image of each product entered.
Entry Fees
- 1-2 products: £75 + VAT per entry
- 3 or more products: £50 + VAT per entry
Payment must be made at time of entry.
Judging Process
Judging will take place in advance of the show and during the first day, and until midday on the second day. Entries will be judged by:
- Pre-registered and attending retailers
- Editorial media representatives
- Industry opinion leaders
On the second day of the show by:
- A selected group of judges including buyers and product experts – who will be announced in advance of the show.
Eco Award will be independently judged by Protect Our Winters UK (POW UK) from all entries to the Awards.