FAQs

The event focuses on the intersection of marketing and technology, giving retailers the opportunity to explore solutions, discuss industry challenges, and discover strategies to drive growth.

Key differences include:
-Pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings with relevant technology providers
-A highly curated group of retail executives
-Intimate networking opportunities with peers
-A hosted experience where travel, hotel and meals are complimentary for qualified retailer attendees

The goal is to create the right environment for productive conversations, learning and relationship building.

Total Retail Tech focuses on creating a setting conducive to relationship building and business development. Attendees participate in curated educational programming, peer-to-peer networking, and pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings with leading technology providers.

Networking functions, including meals and social activities, offer additional opportunities to connect with industry peers. The key benefit for both attendees and sponsors is that Total Retail Tech brings together the right people for the right conversations.

Qualified retail executives receive complimentary event registration, hotel accommodations, meals, networking events, and travel arrangements. Because the event is highly curated, attendance is limited to a select number of qualified retail leaders. Attendees are required to participate in the one-to-one meeting program with the event’s sponsor partners.

Applications are reviewed and approved to ensure a curated group of attendees and productive meeting matches with sponsor partners. Applying early increases your chances of securing a spot.

Benefits include:

-Hosted Experience: Qualified attendees receive complimentary registration, hotel accommodations, meals, social events and travel arrangements.

-Expert Insights: Learn about emerging trends and the technologies transforming the retail industry through curated programming and discussions.

-1:1 Meetings: Evaluate innovative solutions during private, pre-scheduled meetings with leading technology providers.

-Peer Networking: Connect with fellow retail executives to exchange ideas, strategies and real-world experiences.

This includes:
-Attending the scheduled programming
-Participating in all of their pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings
-Engaging in networking opportunities with peers and technology providers

The time commitment allows attendees to gain meaningful insights and maximize the value of the hosted experience.

You’ll network with peers facing similar challenges, as well as leading technology providers offering innovative solutions. View a sample attendee list here.

These meetings are designed to help retailers explore solutions, discuss business challenges and evaluate whether there may be a potential partnership.

Prior to the event, attendees review participating sponsor partners and indicate which companies they are most interested in meeting with.

Based on those preferences, the Total Retail Tech team builds a personalized meeting schedule for each attendee. If there are specific technology categories or solutions you’re interested in evaluating, our team can also prioritize connecting you with providers that align with those areas of interest.

Before the event, you’ll review participating solution providers and select the companies you’d like to meet with. Your meeting schedule is then created to ensure conversations are relevant to your role, priorities and business needs.

Examples of solution areas include:
-Digital commerce platforms
-Customer data and personalization technologies
-Marketing automation and analytics
-Omnichannel and in-store technology
-Emerging retail technologies

Typical attendees include directors, vice presidents and C-level leaders from retail and brand organizations with annual revenue in excess of $25 million. Applications are reviewed to ensure the event maintains a curated group of decision-makers.