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Events
11/11/2020 - Join us for our final event of the year, "How Holiday Will Set The Tone For 2021", featuring Caila Schwartz, from Salesforce' Consumer Insights & Strategy team. Space will be limited.
5/20/2020 Thank you to Emily Xu of Crate & Barrel, Stefani Kruse Curley of Walgreens, Haley Kwait Zollo of Starting Line and Moderator Michelle Grant of Salesforce for discussing Digital Marketing, Virtual Communication and Last Mile Delivery during COVID-19.
9/30/19 Thank you for joining us at Inside Scoop from Google's Retail Insights Team, featuring Matt Seitz, the head of retail analytics and insights and his team for a presentation their presentation and panel discussion.
5/21/19: Thank you for joining us on May 21st at Lyfe Kitchen for our Networking breakfast!
5/2/19: Thank you for joining us on May 2nd at Rediscover Retail: An evening with Amazon Hardlines.
03/14/19: Thank you for joining us for the 2nd annual Shoptalk Download, hosted by Euromonitor. Panelists include Jason @retailgeek is the Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and host of the Jason & Scot podcast; Laura @lfheller is a Forbes contributor, former editor of Retail Dive, and a current executive at the consumer marketing firm Performics; and Michelle Grant, Head of Retailing at Euromonitor.
1/15/19: Welcome to 2019. We have a lot of big goals for our second year. Delivering great content and great events lead the list. So, keep your eyes posted for our events in 2019, starting with Amazon, Google, and year two of our Post-Shoptalk download.
11/15/18: Signing off until the new year... thank you for all of the support in our first ten months. We had six events, four breakfasts, and plenty of help. We nailed the topics of interest and our average event attendance has increased 33% (using old-school non-analytical buyer math.) Our mailing list has quintupled. Keep reaching out with ideas and suggestions - Thank you, Alana and David!
11/13/18: The Chicagoland Retail Network panel on attracting retail talent and retailers got right to the point - the talent is here, and who needs HQ2? Special thanks to Emily Goltser - Sr. Associate, Spencer Stuart, Jason Smith - President, Mac & Mia, Joshua Secrest - Sr. Director Global Talent Attraction, McDonald's and Sean Taylor - Human Resources Director, Ulta.
9/28/18: Great night covering the future of cannabis retail - special thanks to Bethany Murphy Gomez of Brightfield Research, Jourdan Kurtz, EVP of Retail Operations at Cresco Labs, and Steven Weisman, CEO of Windy City Cannabis. Sponsored by The Store - WPP and McMillanDoolittle - the Retail Experts.
6/6/18: Great event at WeWork Fulton Market focused on Marketplace Insights. Amazing contributions by Melissa Burdick - CEO of PacVue, Kelsey Lutz - COO of Luxury Garage Sale, and Jim Okamura - Partner at McMillanDoolittle and Founder of the Global Ecommerce Leadership Forum.
4/6/2018: Co-Founder Alana Widdess monitored theChicago Booth Retail and Luxury Conference last night. Great turnout for a budding retail club. The embodiment of the realization that everything is retail.
3/28/2018: The Post Shoptalk Download has wrapped. Michelle Grant - Euromonitor (Shoptalk Speaker); Laura Heller - Retail Dive (Shoptalk Speaker); Rebecca Grimes - Cheetah Digital (Attendee); and Liz Owens - Paper Source (Attendee) entertained and educated. A great night at PowerReviews - with thanks to Cheetah Digital and McMillanDoolittle.
3/7/2018: Special Thanks to Eloquii CEO Mariah Chase for sharing her thoughts on retail chaos, technology, and the rapidly changing consumer. Fantastic Conversation. Packed House. Excellent group of attendees.
5/20/2020 Thank you to Emily Xu of Crate & Barrel, Stefani Kruse Curley of Walgreens, Haley Kwait Zollo of Starting Line and Moderator Michelle Grant of Salesforce for discussing Digital Marketing, Virtual Communication and Last Mile Delivery during COVID-19.
9/30/19 Thank you for joining us at Inside Scoop from Google's Retail Insights Team, featuring Matt Seitz, the head of retail analytics and insights and his team for a presentation their presentation and panel discussion.
5/21/19: Thank you for joining us on May 21st at Lyfe Kitchen for our Networking breakfast!
5/2/19: Thank you for joining us on May 2nd at Rediscover Retail: An evening with Amazon Hardlines.
03/14/19: Thank you for joining us for the 2nd annual Shoptalk Download, hosted by Euromonitor. Panelists include Jason @retailgeek is the Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and host of the Jason & Scot podcast; Laura @lfheller is a Forbes contributor, former editor of Retail Dive, and a current executive at the consumer marketing firm Performics; and Michelle Grant, Head of Retailing at Euromonitor.
1/15/19: Welcome to 2019. We have a lot of big goals for our second year. Delivering great content and great events lead the list. So, keep your eyes posted for our events in 2019, starting with Amazon, Google, and year two of our Post-Shoptalk download.
11/15/18: Signing off until the new year... thank you for all of the support in our first ten months. We had six events, four breakfasts, and plenty of help. We nailed the topics of interest and our average event attendance has increased 33% (using old-school non-analytical buyer math.) Our mailing list has quintupled. Keep reaching out with ideas and suggestions - Thank you, Alana and David!
11/13/18: The Chicagoland Retail Network panel on attracting retail talent and retailers got right to the point - the talent is here, and who needs HQ2? Special thanks to Emily Goltser - Sr. Associate, Spencer Stuart, Jason Smith - President, Mac & Mia, Joshua Secrest - Sr. Director Global Talent Attraction, McDonald's and Sean Taylor - Human Resources Director, Ulta.
9/28/18: Great night covering the future of cannabis retail - special thanks to Bethany Murphy Gomez of Brightfield Research, Jourdan Kurtz, EVP of Retail Operations at Cresco Labs, and Steven Weisman, CEO of Windy City Cannabis. Sponsored by The Store - WPP and McMillanDoolittle - the Retail Experts.
6/6/18: Great event at WeWork Fulton Market focused on Marketplace Insights. Amazing contributions by Melissa Burdick - CEO of PacVue, Kelsey Lutz - COO of Luxury Garage Sale, and Jim Okamura - Partner at McMillanDoolittle and Founder of the Global Ecommerce Leadership Forum.
4/6/2018: Co-Founder Alana Widdess monitored theChicago Booth Retail and Luxury Conference last night. Great turnout for a budding retail club. The embodiment of the realization that everything is retail.
3/28/2018: The Post Shoptalk Download has wrapped. Michelle Grant - Euromonitor (Shoptalk Speaker); Laura Heller - Retail Dive (Shoptalk Speaker); Rebecca Grimes - Cheetah Digital (Attendee); and Liz Owens - Paper Source (Attendee) entertained and educated. A great night at PowerReviews - with thanks to Cheetah Digital and McMillanDoolittle.
3/7/2018: Special Thanks to Eloquii CEO Mariah Chase for sharing her thoughts on retail chaos, technology, and the rapidly changing consumer. Fantastic Conversation. Packed House. Excellent group of attendees.
Interested in volunteering or sponsoring?
Many thanks to the support of Google, Salesforce, The Store - WPP, Mosaic Chicago, Euromonitor, Cheetah Digital, WeWork, Amazon and Google for helping us!