Shoptalk Fall 2026

Shoptalk Fall 2026 runs September 29 - October 1, 2026 at the Music City Center in Nashville, its first year in the city, gathering 3,500+ retail and ecommerce leaders — one in three at C-suite level — from apparel, beauty, home, electronics, footwear, automotive, department stores and marketplaces. The agenda centers on AI, channel growth, stores and the future customer experience, deliberately timed for the window when leaders lock in their 2027 plans.

Date

September 29 – October 1, 2026

Location

Music City Center, Nashville, TN, United States

Format

In-Person

Status

Upcoming

Expected Attendance

3,500+

Pricing

Mixed (Free tier available)

Organizer

Shoptalk

Source

daily-ingest

• ✓CEO
• ✓CTO
• ✓CIO
• ✓Chief Digital Officer
• ✓Chief Marketing Officer
• ✓VP of Ecommerce
• ✓Head of Stores
• ✓Head of AI
• ✓Supply Chain Executive
• ✓B2B and Wholesale Leaders

Shoptalk Fall lands in the exact quarter retail CTOs and CIOs are committing 2027 budgets, and its Tactical Labs and Tabletalks are built for peer-level candor about what AI and customer-experience investments actually returned — not vendor keynotes. With nearly 350 solutions in Tech Discovery and 20,000+ pre-matched meetings, it doubles as a compressed vendor-shortlisting exercise.

• ✓150+ senior speaker sessions
• ✓Meetup: pre-matched 1:1 meetings
• ✓Tech Discovery: nearly 350 solutions on show
• ✓Tabletalks: peer roundtables
• ✓Shopwalks: guided store tours
• ✓Tactical Labs: senior-leader-only working sessions

• ★"Retail Unplugged" format — fewer presentations, more candid peer-to-peer discussion aimed at concrete strategic commitments
• ★One in three attendees is C-suite
• ★20,000+ pre-matched 1:1 meetings
• ★Free tickets plus up to $1,000 travel reimbursement for qualifying retailers and brands
• ★New B2B Exchange program covering B2B commerce and wholesale
• ★Part of Shoptalk Innovation Week alongside Groceryshop