All the Right People are at Shoptalk

Empowering Retail with Education

Shoptalk is the World’s Largest
Retail & Ecommerce Conference

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Overview

Shoptalk is the world’s largest retail and ecommerce conference. Our 8,000+ attendees tell us that Shoptalk is also the industry’s best event, describing their experience as amazing, educational, energizing, exciting, insightful, inspiring, productive and fun.

Over the past three years, Shoptalk has created the industry’s leading community of digital innovators, grounded in a fresh and intellectually honest conversation about both the status quo and changes ahead.

Shoptalk covers the ongoing transformation of retail and the evolution of how consumers discover, shop and buy in a digital age—from new technologies and business models to the latest trends in consumer behaviors, preferences and expectations.

Established retailers and brands, startups, tech companies, investors, real estate operators, media, Wall Street analysts and others attend Shoptalk to learn, collaborate and evolve over four days of valuable content, curated meetings, wide-ranging exhibitors and productive networking.

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The 10 most common words program participants used to describe the program in a post-event survey:
  • Total Retail“Shoptalk, the retail and e-commerce mega conference that launched in 2016...has become a major player in the space.”
  • WWD“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.”
  • The Robin Report“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.”
  • The Huffington Post“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.”
  • The Seattle Times“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.”
  • Inc.“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.”
  • WGSN“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.”
  • Glossy“At Shoptalk, practical tech is grabbing more dollars than sexy tech.”
Continue Your Education at Shoptalk

Retailers & Brands

Thousands of individuals from hundreds of retailers and brands around the world attend Shoptalk every year to learn about the latest technologies, trends and business models as well as to collaborate with peers, startups, tech companies, investors, real estate operators and others in an open, friendly environment.

Established retailers and brands may qualify for complimentary Shoptalk tickets plus up to $750 ($1,000 if you stay onsite at the Venetian/Palazzo) in hotel/travel reimbursement per person with our Hosted Retailers & Brands Program. To qualify, individuals must be responsible for buying or evaluating retail or ecommerce technology for their companies, and take up to eight 15-minute onsite meetings with our participating sponsors. Meetings do not overlap with sessions. Limited to 1,250 individuals from retailers and brands—apply here.

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

Direct-To-Consumer & Tech Startups

More than 1,000 direct-to-consumer 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, real estate operators, media, analysts and more.

Startups less than two years old that have raised under $2 million at the time of Shoptalk, can apply here for a limited number of startup rate tickets and here for discounted exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities.

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

Startups can also participate in Funding Founders, a networking program that introduces investors and startups. To qualify, you must be a registered attendee and apply here. All meetings require investors to opt-in so cannot be guaranteed.

Investors

More than 150 venture capital, private equity and other investment firms attend Shoptalk each year. There's no better place to find the latest innovations, meet the greatest disrupters and hear perspectives from established leaders to help evaluate investment opportunities.

Investors can also participate in Funding Founders, a networking program that introduces investors and startups. In 2019, we will facilitate more than 1,000 introductions and onsite meetings as part of Funding Founders. Apply here.

Exhibit & Sponsor

More than 500 companies exhibit at and sponsor Shoptalk each year. Shoptalk 2019 will be the world’s largest retail and ecommerce conference, offering technology companies and solution providers a uniquely large and exceptionally senior as well as international audience. Our exhibit hall will feature over 250 exhibitors and our Hosted Retailers & Brands Program will curate approx. 10,000 onsite meetings.

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Speakers

Shoptalk’s speakers are industry leaders and innovators from a broad cross-section of companies. Ranging from established retailers and brands to innovative new startups and prolific investors, over half of Shoptalk speakers are CEOs or founders. Apply here to speak.

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Continue Your Education at Shoptalk

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

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Cover Shoptalk Onsite

More than 300 editorial staff from retail, ecommerce, tech, mainstream and other media as well as Wall Street analysts from every major institution attend Shoptalk. They cover more than 200 announcements coordinated with Shoptalk along with ​commentary from 300+ speakers and one​-​to​-​one interviews.

Approved editorial media are eligible for a complimentary Shoptalk ticket.

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