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Shoptalk Opens Registration for Inaugural Fall Event

By: Shoptalk via Business Wire

March 20, 2024 at 15:13 PM EDT

Senior Executives from Walmart and Ulta Beauty to Headline

Shoptalk, the leading global event for retail innovation, today announces the registration, launch and preliminary agenda of Shoptalk Fall.

Taking place October 16–18, 2024 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Shoptalk Fall expands upon the trusted digital-first content and strategies that retailers have come to rely upon at Shoptalk Spring while introducing new and innovative programming dedicated to help retailers that are in the early stages of their digital transformation process to break down siloes across their organization and deliver a fully integrated, unified commerce experience.

“Shoptalk Spring has served as the annual touchpoint for the retail industry to come together to innovate, collaborate and redefine the retail ecosystem, but the call for another opportunity to connect has grown louder and louder” said Sophie Wawro, Global President, Shoptalk. “Launching Shoptalk Fall will allow retailers to bring together all facets of their organization at a critical time of the year to dive deeper into the full spectrum of digitization; from ecommerce and marketing to merchandising, supply chain and stores.”

Keynote speakers confirmed for Shoptalk Fall include Kath McLay, the President & CEO of Walmart International, Ulta Beauty CEO Dave Kimball and Kecia Steelman, the company’s President and Chief Operation Officer. Additional speakers include senior executives from Target, McDonald’s, Kohl’s, Nordstrom and many more.

Shoptalk Fall participants will also have the opportunity to take part in Meetup—the world’s largest meetings program for the retail industry that will be facilitating more than 20,000 double-opt-in meetings during the event. Connecting with key partners and customers multiple times a year is critical to fostering successful relationships, and Meetup saw overwhelming demand at Shoptalk events in 2023 and 2024, with more than 700,000 meetings requested and a 90% satisfaction rate overall.

Registration for Shoptalk Fall 2024 is now open. For more information about the event and to register, please visit fall.shoptalk.com.

Over 200 retail brands and leading technology providers have confirmed as launch partners for Shoptalk Fall, including: 1440, Abercrombie & Fitch, Acumatica, Affirm, AfterShip, Akeneo, Alby, Algolia, Alida, American Eagle, Amplitude, Antler VC, Aries Solutions, Arity, Assembly Global, Attentive, Avatria, bazaarvoice, Bizrate, Bizrate Insights, Bloomreach, Blue Yonder, BlueCore, Bold Metrics, Bold Strategies, Brainvire Infotech, Breinify, Brkfst.io, B-Stock, Buxton, Canada Goose, Cataboom, Celebrus, ChargeAfter, ChargeBlast, Chord, CI&T, Circle Commerce, Cloudinary, Commerce Signals, commercetools, Commission Junction, Connexity, Constructor, Content Status, Contentful, CoreLogic, CoreMedia, Coresight Research, Course5 Intelligence, Coveo, Crisp, Crown Peak, Datonics, Dispell Magic Inc, DotDigital, DotKonnekt, Dropit, Dyson, Earnest Analytics, EFI, eMarketer, eStreamly, Fabric, Fairing, FindMine, Flatiron Media, Fluent Commerce, Gently, Human Kind, GetitAI, Gleen, Global-e, GoTestPro, Help Scout, Home Depot, Incrementology, inMarket, Inside Retail, Insite.ai, Jivox, JLL, JumpMind, Junip, Kami Vision, Kendra Scott, Kibo Commerce, Kohl's, Kyndryl, Level Access, Lilt, Lily AI, Listrak, Logicbroker, Loop Returns, Loqate, Marketplacer, Marriott, Marriott International, McDonald's, Measured, MikMak, Mirego, Monday.com, Munchkin, Narvar, Nedap, Netail, NetElixir, NewStore, Nielsen IQ, NoFraud, Nordstrom, North Beam, Nosto, Nuvei, Okendo, Ometria, OmniTalk, OpenInsights, Optimal, Orium, OwnID, Pattern, Pear Commerce, PebblePost, Percents, PetSmart, Placer.ai, Portless, Quad, Qudini By Verint, Quickbox, Radar, Raspberry AI, Red Van Workshop, Retail Dive, Retentics, Rethink Retail, ReturnBear, Rewind, Riskified, RSM US, RunDTC, Rysun Labs Inc., Saddle Creek Logistics Services, Scandi Web, Sephora, SES-Imagotag, SHEIN, SHEIN Marketplace, ShipBob, Shoplive, ShoppingGives, Shopreme, Shopware, Signet, Similarweb, Simon Data, Simplicitydx, Skipify, Smartbrief, SmartCommerce, SmartScout, Smiley, Socure, Sofist, SoundCommerce, Sparkx, StatSocial, Stord, Studs, Stylitics, Sunrise Technologies, SuperAwesome, Swisslog, Talon.One, Target, Tatari, TGW Systems, Inc., The Estée Lauder Companies, The Hut.com Limited, The North Face, a VF Company, Thread Creative, thredUP, Tomorrow Retail Consulting, TopSort, Treet, Trove, True Religion, Trustly, Ulta Beauty, Undertone, UseInsider, Veho, Verndale, Vibe.co, Vibes, Vusion, Waitwhile, Walmart, Walmart Commerce Tech, Warby Parker, Wayfair, Wholescale, WHP Global/Toys R Us, Wix, Woven Media, Wunderkind, YipitData, YouGov, Yum! Brands, Zalando, Zinrelo, and Zowie.

About Shoptalk

A Hyve Group event, Shoptalk is widely known for organizing retail’s best and fastest-growing events and bringing together thousands of industry changemakers to collaborate at unparalleled scale across a broad range of online and offline use cases and innovative new formats, including Tabletalks, Hosted Meetings and Meetups. Since 2016, Shoptalk has defined the retail industry’s community of innovators by bringing established retailers and brands together with direct-to-consumer and tech startups, large tech and Internet companies, venture capital investors, real estate developers, equity analysts, media and others. For more information, visit Shoptalk.com.