London to host Retail conference Shoptalk Europe next year

28 Jun '21

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Shoptalk, the US conference in the retail, grocery, and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industries, has announced their global expansion with the re-launch of Shoptalk Europe. To be held at ExCeL London on June 6-8, 2022, Shoptalk Europe will provide a platform for the entire European retail ecosystem to come together to reimagine the future of retail.

Across the three days, Shoptalk Europe will host 200+ truly diverse industry leading speakers, from established retailers to innovative new start-ups and prolific investors. Half of the speakers and agenda will focus on grocery and FMCG related topics. Over 25 speakers have confirmed a year ahead of the event, which includes Michael Truluck, CEO of La Redoute International; Dirk Graber, CEO at Mister Spex; Julia Bösch, CEO and co-founder at Outfittery; JuE Wong, CEO at Olaplex; Guido Campello, CEO and creative director at Cosabella; Pouya Boland, co-founder and CEO at Chiquelle; Cassandra Hicks Bergsland, director of omni-channel at John Lewis; Heather Kang, president & GM, international commerce at Stanley Black & Decker; David Katz, EVP and chief marketing officer, Randa Apparel & Accessories; Carsten Keller, VP, direct-to-consumer at Zalando; Jessica Alsing, VP digital commerce, Asia & EMEA at Crocs, and others, Shoptalk said in a press release.

Shoptalk Europe will welcome 2,500+ attendees from large retailers and brands, start-ups, technology companies, investors, media and analysts to learn, network, collaborate and evolve. Early confirmed sponsors for Shoptalk Europe include Awin, BlinkReceipt, Bloomreach, Checkout, commercetools, Cymbio, Flow Commerce, Forter, Halla, Localistico, Manhattan Associates, Narvar, NewStore, Nextail, Northfork, Pacvue, Pinterest, Pitney Bowes, Pixlee TurnTo, Proximity Insight, Riskified, Salsify, Shoppermotion, Shopware, Signifyd, Syndigo, Taggstar, True Fit, UntieNots, and Yotpo.

The Shoptalk Europe community will also be invited to take part in Shoptalk Fall Meetup. Shoptalk Meetups bring large, curated groups together for double opt-in virtual meetings and peer group discussions, and have successfully facilitated an aggregate of more than 33,000 online meetings for more than 4,000 participants to date. Shoptalk Fall Meetup will be held from October 19-21, 2021.

“Shoptalk is unique in the way it unites all parts of the retail ecosystem, from across Europe and beyond. Shoptalk Europe ran successfully in 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark. We’re excited to be building an event of the calibre and scale that Europe needs,” Katy Fryatt, launch director, Shoptalk Europe said.

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