Shoptalk
Retail & Ecommerce Leaders Conference
Yellow AI Summary
Shoptalk is an annual conference for retail and e-commerce professionals, convening over 3,000 attendees including C-suite executives from brands and retailers. Held from September 29-October 1, 2026, at Nashville's Music City Center, the event focuses on innovation, technology, and brand strategy within the retail landscape. Keynote speakers and sponsors like Ace Hardware, Microsoft, and Google will address topics such as deployed AI systems generating revenue and the emergence of agentic commerce. The format includes speed dating meetings designed to connect budget owners with vendors, facilitating direct business discussions and new prospect generation.
Yellow Score Breakdown
Yellow's Take
With over 3,000 retail and e-commerce professionals and a robust speaker lineup featuring CMOs from Ace Hardware, Home Depot, and Microsoft, Shoptalk delivers exceptional audience quality for B2B marketers. While the event's strong industry focus and scale are clear, the absence of readily available sponsor or exhibitor pricing requires proactive outreach for potential partners.
Attendee/Press Sentiment
Attendee Feedback Sentiment
Press Reviews Sentiment
“1 in 3 attendees was C-suite — conversations at booths often involved budget owners rather than mid-level researchers”
Press Reviews
“The most significant shift at Shoptalk 2026 was tonal. AI conversations in retail centered on systems already deployed and generating measurable revenue — production is here.”
“66-70% of retailer and brand attendees were new to the event, providing fresh prospects for vendors”
“What Shoptalk 2026 actually revealed about retail's future: experiments today build tomorrow's advantage. The era of agentic commerce has arrived.”
“Speed dating meeting formats cited as the most effective way to secure conversations with previously unreachable retailers”
“Agentic technologies are set to become the new digital front door for retailers, bringing telephone and online customer support under unified AI management.”
“Attendee feedback suggested AI fatigue — successful exhibitors pivoted to demonstrating actual agent-completed transactions”
“The funnel has collapsed. The conventional path from awareness to purchase no longer reflects how consumers behave.”
“Was Shoptalk worth it? Short answer: yes — I'm not a massive fan of expos but the connections were valuable”
“Shoptalk today released the full agenda for its Spring 2026 conference featuring more than 180 speakers at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.”
Topics
Speakers
Kim Lefko
Chief Marketing Officer Ace Hardware
James Reinhart
Co-Founder & CEO ThredUp
Tracy Golloway
COO, Americas Microsoft
Jenna Bromberg
CMO Papa John s
Kelly Cook
CEO David s Bridal
Mayne Purboo
VP, Amazon Shopping Video Amazon
Smriti Jayaraman
Principal Corazon Capital
Ann-Marie Campbell
Senior Executive Vice President Home Depot
Past Speakers (2025)
Michelle Gass
President and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
Richard Dickson
President and CEO, Gap Inc.
Kevin O'Leary
Chairman, O'Leary Ventures
Mark Barrocas
CEO, SharkNinja
Clara Shih
Head of Business AI, Meta
Kim Waldmann
Global Chief Customer Officer, Foot Locker
Alison Levin
President of Advertising & Partnerships, NBCUniversal
Niraj Shah
CEO and Co-Chair, Wayfair
Exhibitor & Booth Pricing
Sources: Shoptalk Sales Brochure
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