Shoptalk Europe, 2017’s most anticipated European event for retail and e-commerce innovation, announced that more than 2,200 executives from established retailers and brands, startup direct-to-consumer disruptors, vast and early-stage tech companies, investors, media, and analysts are confirmed to attend Shoptalk Europe. On track to sell out, attendees join from more than 50 countries throughout Europe and the world and include over 350 CEOs. More than 200 companies will exhibit at Shoptalk Europe.
Shoptalk Europe is Europe’s largest conference for retail and e-commerce and will be held in less than two weeks on 8-11 October at the Bella Center in Copenhagen.
Shoptalk Europe’s groundbreaking agenda covers the evolution of how consumers discover, shop, and buy in an age of global digital transformation and includes Europe’s best speaker lineup with more than 225 speakers representing a broad cross-section of countries and companies. The plan incorporates the relevant new technologies, trends, and business models that disrupt retail and e-commerce across 15 insightful tracks and 100 highly curated sessions. The final Shoptalk Europe schedule can be viewed at www.shoptalkeurope.com.
More than 70 percent of Shoptalk Europe’s speakers are C-Level executives, and more than 90 percent are VP-level and above. Startups speaking on the agenda have collectively raised more than $5.2 billion in venture capital funding to disrupt traditional retail and e-commerce.
Shoptalk Europe will also include formal networking programs–including the “Hosted Retailers & Brands Program” and “Retailers & Brands Networking Dinners,” which will collectively facilitate upwards of 3,000 curated onsite meetings.
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A wide range of organizations from around the world have partnered to support Shoptalk Europe, including the U.S. trade group, Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA); METRO Accelerator for retail powered by TechStars (the accelerator program of the German wholesaler and food specialist METRO); French retail accelerator, Lafayette Plug and Play; Danish e-commerce association, FDIH; Dutch e-commerce association, Thuiswinkel.org; Italian e-commerce association, Netcomm; and pan-European lobbying body Ecommerce Europe.
“We have created an exceptional and unique forum for the European retail and e-commerce ecosystem to interact in a meaningful way,” said Anil D. Aggarwal, founder, and chief executive officer of Shoptalk, parent of Shoptalk Europe. “An unparalleled group of senior-level executives from a wide range of industry verticals, stages, and sectors is confirmed to attend, and we’re confident that the content, dialogue, and networking will help shape the future of retail and e-commerce.”
The success of Shoptalk Europe and the enormous interest it has generated from around the globe has demonstrated a need for one event that moves the dialogue beyond a single country, region, or ecosystem. Shoptalk Europe and Shoptalk’s U.S. event will, therefore, be combined to create the world’s first truly global event for retail and e-commerce innovation, which will be held on 18-21 March 2018 at the Venetian in Las Vegas. The combined event will facilitate a comprehensive global conversation and bring together a diverse and currently fragmented worldwide community of innovators, featuring the leading technologies, trends, and business models from all the key international hubs.
“In 2017, we focused on developing the blueprints for the future of retail and e-commerce for the U.S. and Europe. We’re now in an enviable and unique position to create a single global conversation and community. We are excited to bring these initiatives together in 2018 and provide the worldwide retail and e-commerce ecosystem with the unprecedented opportunity to gain a global understanding of retail and e-commerce innovation as well as to join an entirely new global community of innovators,” said Aggarwal.
Those wishing to register for Shoptalk Europe can do so at www.shoptalkeurope.com. Register tickets using the unique €150 discount code for Malls.com readers: MALLS150.
In 2018, Shoptalk Europe Will Combine with Shoptalk U.S. to Create the First Global Event Focused on Retail and E-commerce Innovation to be held in Las Vegas. The details of the global Shoptalk event in March 2018, including registration, are available at www.shoptalk.com.
