Shoptalk

Groceryshop 2019 took place in Las Vegas last week, bringing together the most curious of the curious in retail, CPG and tech for four days of keynote speeches, moderated panels, technology exhibitions, and pots and pots of convention grade coffee. It did not disappoint. "Groceryshop is the best aggregation of players within the industry. It is a place where you can talk to anybody about anything," said Steven Reinemund, VP of eCommerce for The Hain Celestial Group. The convention hall was frenetic, bustling with energy. One could walk …

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Revealed at Groceryshop 2019Read More

Last week, the Shoptalk and Groceryshop management team (Anil, Simran, Zia and Caroline) embarked on an 8,000 mile journey to Pune to spend the week with our rapidly expanding engineering team. Pune is one of India's fastest growing tech hubs, and an incredibly livable and green city. It's not every day that you can say you've been to India during the monsoon season, and the trek to Pune was no small feat. Time definitely flies when you're having fun--almost two years ago, we co-founded a new tech company in Pune called Personatech that …

From Monsoons to Tech: The Shoptalk & Groceryshop Management Team’s Week in Pune, IndiaRead More

In the old-world corporate phase of my career, I can't remember how many times I was told "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Looking back, every time that bromide was uttered was exactly the time I should have replied "it ain't broke, but if we don't improve it now, it'll be broke sooner or later." Unfortunately once something breaks, it's usually too late to fix it, as so many in retail have found out over the past few years. The industry knows that Shoptalk is not broken. In fact, the event has reached increasingly higher levels of content …

Shoptalk 2.0: If It Ain’t Broke…Fix It AnywayRead More

Retail has never seen an event quite like Shoptalk. If you're responsible for innovation and transformation in your organization and you weren't part of the community of almost 8,500 strong at Shoptalk last week, you were conspicuous by your absence. A Brief Overview The esteemed former CEO of GE, Jack Welch, once said, "If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near." This message was threaded throughout and roared to the top of the takeaways from Shoptalk 2019. It speaks to the existential …

Shoptalk Leads the Retail Industry and Unleashes the RadicalsRead More

If you're not preparing for the next 5-10 years, you're going to go the way of the fax machine. Rapidly changing consumer behavior and expectations, anytime-anywhere connectivity, and technology that knows what shoppers want before they do, will all continue to define the future of retail. And while you may not perceive it day to day, the pace of change is only accelerating. The time to be working on these inevitable changes is now, which raises the question: What is the single most important thing you should be doing to make sure you're …

Final Shoptalk Agenda Released: Get Your Retail Education CertificateRead More

Heads Up! Your deadline to join 10,000 meetings at Shoptalk is Friday at 5:00 PM. If you work for a retailer or brand and want to meet eight interesting new potential partners--including startup tech companies transforming the world of retail--and come away with new business ideas and contacts, you'd better get moving. Friday is the last day to do just that by joining the full experience of Shoptalk's Hosted Retailers & Brands Program. And by the way, this program gets you a free Shoptalk ticket and up to $1,000 in travel as well. In …

Meet Eight Valuable New Potential Partners at ShoptalkRead More