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7,500+ Attendees•3,000+ Companies•700+ CEOs•400+ Speakers•75+ Countries

Overview

Shoptalk Is The World’s Largest Conference
For Retail & Ecommerce Innovation

Shoptalk covers the rapid evolution of how consumers discover, shop and buy—from new technologies and business models to the latest trends in consumer behaviors, preferences and expectations.

Established retailers and brands, startups, tech companies, investors, media, analysts and others come together at Shoptalk to learn, collaborate and evolve. Everyone benefits from rich interactions over four days packed with incredible content, wide-ranging exhibitors and productive networking.

Shoptalk 2018 will have more than 7,500 attendees, up almost 40% from 5,500 in 2017. As Shoptalk gets bigger, it only gets better by (1) maintaining audience seniority, (2) increasing facilitated and curated interactions, and (3) freshening content and speakers.

For 2018, we’re bringing our U.S. and European events together into one expansive event in Las Vegas to create the industry’s first global dialogue and community.

Click here to read about our 2018 theme: Now is the Time, Shoptalk is the Place.

The 10 most common words program participants used to describe the program in a post-event survey:

“Shoptalk, the retail and e-commerce mega conference that launched in 2016...has become a major player in the space.”
“The inaugural Shoptalk conference… highlighted the discourse taking place from within, ranging from the broader macro trends impacting retail to diving into the weeds of high technology.”
“Shoptalk 2016 gave me immense confidence that the talent is out there. Anil Aggarwal is a genius because he provided a forum for the convergence of these eclectic voices that will provide a playbook for the future of retail.”
“If the retail world can agree on one thing, it is that the line up at Shoptalk 2016 is impressive… The retail industry has been waiting for an event like this.”
“If one thing is clear at this gathering of the retail industry’s top brass, it is that pretty much everyone in the sector is figuring out how to beat, collaborate with or be the next Amazon.com.”
“As someone who has attended or spoken at hundreds of conferences globally spanning more than two decades, I was blown away. Had you been there, you wouldn’t have believed that Shoptalk was in its inaugural year.”
“Only in its first year, the conference is generating loads of buzz, with tickets selling out, even after organisers added an additional 1,000 slots.”
“At Shoptalk, practical tech is grabbing more dollars than sexy tech.”

Get Your Ticket and Join the New Narrative and Community

Retailers & Brands

The Game has Changed

With disruptive changes throughout retail and ecommerce, now is the time to innovate, collaborate and partner in entirely new ways.

Thousands of individuals from hundreds of retailers and brands around the world attend Shoptalk to meet with their peers as well as with startups, tech companies, investors and others. Shoptalk’s environment is open, friendly and conducive to: (1) learning about the latest technologies, trends and business models and (2) interacting with the ecosystem to embrace innovation.

Established retailers and brands may qualify for complimentary tickets plus up to $750 in travel reimbursement (€650 if traveling from Europe) as part of our Hosted Meetings Program. To qualify, individuals must be responsible for buying or evaluating retail or ecommerce technology or other solutions for their companies and take up to eight 15-minute onsite meetings (that’s a total of up to two hours) with our exhibitors and sponsors. Apply now.

Retailers and brands also qualify for special individual and group ticket rates. Subject to approval and available here.

B2C & Tech Startups

Get to the Next Level

More than 1,000 B2C and tech startups redefining retail and ecommerce attend Shoptalk each year from major global hubs. Shoptalk provides startups with an unparalleled opportunity to form important fundraising, product, distribution and other partnerships with retailers, brands, tech companies, investors, media, analysts and more.

Startups less than two years old that have raised less than $2 million (€1.75m for European companies) at the time of Shoptalk, can apply here for a limited number of special startup rate tickets and here for discounted startup exhibiting opportunities.

We also hold an onsite Startup Pitch contest with significant cash prizes. Only 15 spots are available so apply now.

Startups may also qualify for Funding Founders, a networking program that matches investors and startups at the right stage and from the right sector. To apply for Funding Founders, you must be a registered attendee and apply here. Note that all meetings are double opt-in so they can’t be guaranteed.

Investors

Find the Latest and Greatest

More than 150 VC and PE firms attend Shoptalk each year from major global hubs. There's no better place for investors to find the latest innovations, meet the greatest disrupters and hear perspectives from established leaders to evaluate opportunities in the context of the market.

Investors also qualify for Funding Founders, a networking program where we match investors and startups at the right stage and from the right sector. Shoptalk will hold more than 500 onsite Funding Founders meetings in 2018. Note that all meetings are double opt-in so they can’t be guaranteed. Apply here.

Exhibit & Sponsor

Reach the Global Retail & Ecommerce Ecosystem

More than 400 companies exhibit at and sponsor Shoptalk. Shoptalk 2018 will be world’s biggest retail and ecommerce conference, offering technology companies and solution providers a uniquely large and exceptionally senior as well as international audience.

Apply to Exhibit & Sponsor Current Sponsors

Shoptalk presents an unparalleled opportunity to:

Launch new products to the industry and media

Speak

Be Heard by the Industry’s Largest
and Most Engaged Audience

Shoptalk is primetime and Shoptalk’s 400+ speakers are industry leaders and innovators from a broad cross-section of countries and companies. Ranging from established retailers and brands to innovative new startups and prolific investors, over half of Shoptalk speakers are CEOs or founders and almost a quarter are from outside the U.S. We select speakers on a rolling basis, so apply early to increase your chances of being confirmed.

Apply to Speak Confirmed Speakers

Agenda

An Agenda that Breaks all the Rules

With over 100 groundbreaking sessions across more than a dozen tracks, Shoptalk leads the global retail and ecommerce industry narrative. It covers the latest technologies, trends and business models from across the globe as well as the rapid transformation of how consumers discover, shop and buy physical products, ranging from grocery to luxury and everything in between. The Shoptalk agenda includes important perspectives from an unparalleled group of U.S. and international leaders and innovators.

Preliminary Agenda Schedule

Media

Cover Shoptalk Onsite

More than 200 editorial staff from retail, ecommerce, tech, mainstream and other industry media as well as Wall Street analysts attend Shoptalk from the U.S., Europe, Asia and other regions. They cover more than 175 onsite announcements along with commentary from 400+ speakers and one-to-one interviews.

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