Shoptalk 2027Las Vegas booth costs, dates and deadlines: exhibitor guide

Shoptalk Spring 2027 runs Monday, March 22 to Wednesday, March 24, 2027 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, and Shoptalk Fall 2027 runs October 5 to 7 in Nashville. Shoptalk Commerce also runs Groceryshop on September 13 to 15, 2027 in Las Vegas, Shoptalk Luxe in Abu Dhabi (February 2–4) and Shoptalk Europe in Barcelona (June 1–3).

At Mandalay Bay, the resort and convention center at the Strip's southern tip. Shoptalk asks attendees to arrive by Sunday evening, March 21, because content starts Monday, and to leave no sooner than Wednesday evening after the last sessions. The Nashville venue for Shoptalk Fall 2027 is not confirmed yet.

Shoptalk counts 10,000+ industry players at Shoptalk Spring, with one in three from the C-suite, and more than 50,000 Meetup meetings ran at the 2026 Spring edition. Shoptalk Fall 2026 in Nashville drew 3,500+ leaders and put nearly 350 solutions on its floor.

Shoptalk sells exhibit space only inside sponsorship packages and publishes no booth rates, and its terms say sponsorships include no materials, production or labor. We quote a fixed price for the stand, meeting room graphics, freight and install once we see the footprint in your agreement order, plus Mandalay Bay power and rigging.

Meetup is Shoptalk's double opt-in program of pre-scheduled 15-minute meetings, held in a dedicated Meetup zone at set times while stage content pauses. Every ticket includes it, more than 90 percent of retail and brand attendees take part, and sponsors can buy guaranteed meetings with vetted buyers.

Through Spark, Shoptalk's turnkey startup program for 48 companies founded in 2022 or later with less than $10 million raised. Each gets a 6×7 kiosk with countertop, backwall, monitor and power, two event passes, five hosted meetings and an application to the SharkReef Pitch Competition.

Qualifying retail and brand leaders who evaluate technology can join the Hosted program, which gives a complimentary Shoptalk Spring ticket and up to $750 in travel reimbursement in return for taking hosted meetings. The standard retailer and consumer brand ticket rate is $2,595.

Shoptalk ticket prices rise on October 31, 2026, and every sponsor ticket must be registered by February 8, 2027. Shoptalk may freeze exhibit space assignments 90 days before the event, and sponsors' contractors send certificates of insurance at least 30 days before using the venue.

Only with Shoptalk's written approval: its terms bar sponsors from marketing or promoting on the venue premises, including adjacent campuses under common control, from five days before to five days after the event begins. Shoptalk sells branded meeting rooms and VIP dinners instead, and we design your room to match the stand.

Mandalay Bay runs under Las Vegas union rules, with Teamsters on freight and IATSE on rigging and AV, and MGM keeps electrical, internet and rigging in-house. Your Purple project manager runs the install and dismantle of the stand and room with that labor, and we order the MGM services for you.

We build kits for exactly that. After Mandalay Bay in March the stand comes back to our Las Vegas shop, gets Nashville graphics and ships for October 5 to 7, 2027, resized to the footprint your Fall package includes. Shoptalk Fall 2026 put nearly 350 solutions on its Nashville floor.

For commerce, marketing and retail technology sellers it delivers meetings more than foot traffic: more than 50,000 Meetup meetings ran at Spring 2026, and sponsors can buy guaranteed slots. It pays when your stand and meeting room turn those 15 minutes into a second conversation.

NRF fills the Javits with an Expo for retail technology in January, while Shoptalk Spring in March is a conference with a sponsor floor and the Meetup program. Vendors selling ecommerce, marketing and retail media often do both; store hardware and supply chain suppliers lean toward NRF.