ShopTalk 2022: 5 Ways to Make the Most of This Year’s Event
ShopTalk 2022: 5 Ways to Make the Most of This Year’s Event
One of the most highly anticipated events of the year, ShopTalk 2022 offers an incredible opportunity for retail changemakers to discuss new trends in the marketplace. Shoptalk covers everything from the rise of new technologies, to evolving business models in the retail world.
The event attracts representatives from more than 3,000 established brands and retailers from across the globe, including innovations from tech companies, startups, media, Wall Street analysts and more. Hosted on the 27th to 30th of March 2022 in Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, this could be the most valuable conference you add to your calendar this year.
For 2022, Shoptalk is aiming to attract around 10,000 attendees, as well as 250+ speakers, and 600 sponsors, to discuss the “return to retail” in a post pandemic era.
If you’re thinking of taking part, we have some top tips to help you make the most of this year’s event.
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1. Get to Know the ShopTalk Mission
To truly appreciate the impact of the ShopTalk 2022 event, you need to understand the history and mission of the group. ShopTalk is an event designed to be the industry’s number-one experience for retail brands.
Held annually in Las Vegas, the experience culminates in an unprecedented gathering of phenomenal minds and innovators, coming together to stay one step ahead of the ever-changing retail environment. The event was originally conceived way back in 2015, by Anil D. Aggarwal and Simmran Rekhi Aggarwal, who recognized then that the industry was on the precipice of a long and significant transformation.
They founded Shoptalk to create a nurturing environment where people can learn, connect, and form new partnerships to tackle the evolving space. This year, the event is finally welcoming attendees back into the conference hall, after years of disruption caused by the pandemic.
Shoptalk 2022 event may be one of the most important for business leaders yet, particularly if you’re updating your store for the post-pandemic era.
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2. Get to Know the Agenda
Every year, the ShopTalk agenda focuses on combining sensational speaker sessions, learning opportunities, and immersive activities into a variety of “tracks”. This year, the tracks are:
Sunday March 27th:
- Developing Tomorrow’s Retail Leaders
- Innovative Growth Opportunities
- Global Shopping Experiences
- The Shark Reef Start-up pitch
Monday March 28th:
- Sophisticated commerce offerings
- Cultivating customer relationships
- Payment and checkout innovations
- Tech Startups Spotlight for supply chain
- Retail insights and research
Tuesday March 29th:
- The C-Suite on retail transformation
- Catering to today’s consumer
- The sophisticated supply chain
- Tech start-up spotlights for marketing and merchandise
- Workshops: Ecommerce technologies and capabilities
Wednesday March 30th:
- Elevating the retail store
- The future of marketing
- Supply chain and the customer experience
- Strategic retail partnerships and relationships
- Workshops: Emerging ecommerce opportunities
Remember, you can always mix and match between different tracks through the event to optimize your time at the conference. Just make sure you know which crucial sessions you don’t want to miss.
3. Explore Some New Technologies
One of the most incredible parts of the ShopTalk event is the opportunity to explore new technologies and innovations from a range of market leaders, designed to make your retail experience better than ever. Take a walk down ‘StartUp Street’ to discover a number of new and innovative start-ups who will be at Shoptalk for the first time, showcasing the ways they can help you connect with your target audience.
You can also visit the Israeli Pavilion (Booth Number #10044) to explore some of the most advanced technologies:
- Dialogue – Dialogue is an AI powered E-commerce Personalization Platform that recognizes, analyzes and understand users’ patterns in real-time to deliver the most relevant experience in every step of the users’ online journey.
- Shopic – Shopic’s platform helps grocers extend to their physical stores the advantages of online shopping – high transparency, high personalization, and zero friction.
- Weezmo – Weezmo offers retailers a unique AI-based marketing solution using interactive, digital receipts.
- Cyb-org – CYB-ORG is developing an end-to-end solution for full automation and control for retail organizations.
- ReturnGo – ReturnGO’s exchange-first returns platform simultaneously reduces refunds and waste.
- Buywith – Buywith is an online shopping Livestream platform for brands, retailers, influencers & experts to host live shopping events.
- Sizer – Sizer captures customers’ body measurements and translates them into highly accurate size recommendations.
- Hexa – 3D tech stack that lets you create, manage, analyze, and distribute 3D assets built around your organization’s needs.
Take the opportunity to experiment with different tools and technologies which can help you to tackle the biggest challenges facing today’s ecommerce and retail companies, from lack of customer conversions, to abandoned carts.
4. Make the Most of the Networking Opportunities
The chances are you haven’t had enough opportunities to network in person over the last couple of years, thanks to the restrictions of the pandemic. With this year’s Shoptalk event expected to be bigger and better than ever, there’s no better way to get your networking strategy back on track.
The networking and collaboration programs hosted by ShopTalk are custom-made to ensure you can build the most lucrative connections with other innovators in your field. You can use the “Shophop” program to interact with a range of potential connections fast or visit the exhibit hall to connect with some of the innovative vendors, as we mentioned above.
There are Shoptalk Retailer and Brand networking dinners, TableTalks, where you can share your thoughts about the current market with your peers in a round-table discussion, and a comprehensive funding founders program for finding the capital you need to take your business to the next level.
5. Get to Know ShopTalk 2022 Speakers
As the world’s leading retail and ecommerce event for many attendees, ShopTalk goes above and beyond to ensure its speaker selection is second to none. For this year’s event, you can expect to hear from a wide range of market leaders, from Co-Founder of AfterPay, Nick Molnar, to SVP of 7-Eeleven, Raghu Mahadevan.
Each speaker will be bringing their own special brand of insight to the ShopTalk event, so it’s worth checking out some of the topics these leading minds are covering in advance, so you can make sure you don’t miss out on the most inspiring sessions.
Make sure you check out the speaker sessions from Global Managing Director of Accenture, Nikki Mendonca, as well as SVP of Amazon Alicia Boler Davis. ShopTalk has around 250 amazing speakers to choose from this year, so you’ll be sure to find something that’s ideal for your business.
Don’t Miss out on the Full ShopTalk event Experience
ShopTalk 2022 offers retail opportunities the ultimate opportunity to jump back into the ever-changing world of retail with all the insights and inspiration they need. With thousands of retail professionals to connect with, and a host of new innovative brands to discover, you’re sure to make some crucial partnerships and discoveries at this major event.
Don’t miss your opportunity to explore the world’s leading retail event this year.
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