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Booth Packages & Marketing Support

Booth Packages and Marketing Support

Exhibiting companies will be showcased in a 45,000-square-foot exhibit hall with an interactive plan to keep attendees engaged, educated and energized throughout the event.

  • BYOB (Bring Your Own Booth!) Package

    Includes drayage, basic Wi-Fi and vacuum services before the start of the show.

    • 10X10
    • 10X20

    Note: If purchasing a standard booth space, you must adhere to the current International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) Booth Display Regulations (see here). Your Senior Market Strategist can also provide you with a copy of these guidelines.

    If you do not have a hard wall for your booth space, one can be provided to you at an additional fee.

  • We Got You Covered Booth Package (Premiere Booth)

    Includes drayage, hard wall, lighting, electric, carpet, basic WiFi and vacuum services before the start of the show.

    Full Booth Configurations:

    Ask your sales representative about additional upgrades for your booth!

    10X10 Inline Booth Example

Marketing Support

10X10 Booth

10X20 Booth

Exhibitor listing in the Shop! MarketPlace Show Directory

The show directory will be featured in the March issue of VMSD and on the event website and at shopassociation.org

Exhibitor Showcase Online Console

(Basic Package) Hosted on this website and at shopassociation.org. Includes 200-character description, company name, address, booth number and website URL (up to 5 product categories).

Inclusion in special MarketPlace eShowcase emailed to Shop! and VMSD database

Inclusion in the event mobile app

Customer referral code and invitation tools

Promotional graphics and a discount code to invite your customers and prospects to attend.

Booth personnel passes

Additional passes are available for purchase.

5

10

Complimentary show passes for VIP customers.

5

10

Access to final attendee list

Additional Sponsorship Opportunities

  • Lanyards

  • Conference tote bag

  • Industry Welcome Reception

  • Sponsored coffee/refreshment breaks

  • Shop! Association OMA Awards & Gala

  • Exhibit floor cocktail receptions

  • Content Theater/Keynote Speakers

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Agenda

2024 Schedule At-a-Glance

Below is a preliminary agenda to give an overview of our program offerings. Please check back on this page for updates and more information. 

  • Tuesday, April 9

    Networking Events
    2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. - Retail Inspiration Tours
    6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. - Welcome Reception & Design Awards Celebration - Supporting PAVE

  • Wednesday, April 10

    10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Trade Show Hours
    Main Stage Keynotes/Opening Discussions
    9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. - Opening Keynote: 16 Months, 31 States, Hundreds of Retail Success Stories
    11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Crafting Futures: Generative AI’s Role in Designing Tomorrow’s Brand Experiences
    1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - The Formula for Creative Effectiveness: How Behavioral Science Drives Sales
    3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Mentorship and Sponsorship: What it Means for The Future of Retail
    Smart Talk Presentations
    10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. - Excite the Mind and the Hand will Reach for the Pocketbook
    12:00 p.m. - 12:20 p.m. - Fifth Third - Reaching New Heights in Banking
    12:30 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. - Lighting: Are You Doing It Right?
    2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. - Embracing Digital Signage, Enhancing Customer Experience
    2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. - Market Realities vs Glass Tower Ideals: Is Your Brand Experience Living Up to Expectations?
    4:00 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. - Designing a Sustainable Retail Culture
    Networking Events
    5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. - OMA & Global Awards Reception
    8:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. - PAVE Social
    Experiential Zones - Open During Show Hours
    2023 Retail Challenge Brought to Life
    Creative Circus Presented by ZenGenius, Inc.
    PAVE & Fred Meyer Student Design Challenge
    An Artificial Intelligence Playground: Unleash Your Creativity
    Customer Engagement Pavilion presented by Digital Signage Federation

  • Thursday, April 11

    9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Trade Show Hours
    Main Stage Keynotes/Opening Discussions
    9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - The New Social Currency: The Shelf, The Store, The Scene
    11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Big Box Sustainability: Bringing Concept to Reality
    1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. - Closing Keynote - Blending Digital and Physical: Influencing Consumer Purchases and Shopper Experiences
    Smart Talk Presentations
    10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. - AI-Infused Craftsmanship: Bridging Tradition and Tech
    10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. - Creative Wellness Strategy
    12:00 p.m. - 12:20 p.m. - Overcoming Limitations on Sustainability in Consumer Environments
    12:30 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. - Moving Cargo in 2024: The International Freight Market Update
    Experiential Zones - Open During Show Hours
    2023 Retail Challenge Brought to Life
    Creative Circus Presented by ZenGenius, Inc.
    PAVE & Fred Meyer Student Design Challenge
    An Artificial Intelligence Playground: Unleash Your Creativity
    Customer Engagement Pavilion presented by Digital Signage Federation

Your Agenda for Shop! MarketPlace

  • Shop! MarketPlace Offsite Inspiration Tours

    Tuesday, April 9, 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

    This year, three exciting offsite tour options will be available for attendees to experience the afternoon of April 9, prior to the Welcome Reception + Design Awards Celebration.

    Participants can choose between a guided tour of the American Sign Museum (the largest public museum dedicated to signage in the U.S.); the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati’s eclectic contemporary arts museum housed in a Zaha Hadid-designed building; or a self-guided walking tour of nearby retail (more information to come) hosted by the Ohio Chapter of the Retail Design Institute. (Note: The American Sign Museum and Contemporary Arts Center are exclusive, limited tours.)

  • Industry Welcome Reception & Shop! Design Awards Celebration Supporting PAVE

    Tuesday, April 9, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

    Help us kickoff the start of Shop! MarketPlace. See your industry friends and make new connections while enjoying drinks and light appetizers. New for this year, we'll also honor the winners of Shop's 2024 Design Awards.

    Included with your trade show pass.

  • OMA Awards Reception

    Wednesday, April 10, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

    Don`t miss this celebratory evening where we`ll honor the winners of the 66th annual Outstanding Merchandising Achievement (OMA) Awards. The OMA Award is the Marketing at Retail Industry's most prestigious, largest and longest-running awards contest. Your ticket includes hors d`oeuvres, open bar cocktails and networking with industry greats!

    For more information, click here.

    Tickets available for purchase and sponsorships available here. 

    $185

  • PAVE Social

    Wednesday, April 10, 8:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

    After a full day on the show floor, come together to unwind and re-connect over cocktails and virtual golf at the PAVE Social, Wednesday, April 10 at Five Iron Golf. See your industry friends, make new ones - all while supporting student design! For more information and to secure your ticket, click here.

  • Opening Keynote:
    16 Months, 31 States, Hundreds of Retail Success Stories

    Wednesday, April 10, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. ET

    As the author of the bestselling book “RETAIL PRIDE,” Ron Thurston has more than three decades of experience under his belt, working at the helm of retail stores and operations for the likes of West Elm, Tory Burch, Apple, Bonobos, Gap, and Saint Laurent. Ron is also the co-founder of OSSY, a retail recruiting agency platform designed to streamline the connection between talented candidates and forward-thinking retailers. During this opening keynote session, Ron will share highlights from his 2022/2023 “Retail in America Tour,” lessons from leaving New York and living in an Airstream. More session details to come.

    Ron Thurston, Co-Founder of OSSY; Author, “RETAIL PRIDE”

  • Education

    Wednesday, April 10 & Thursday, April 11

    We're serious about providing you with inspiring, meaningful, actionable content. Check out the Shop! MarketPlace conference lineup and make plans to join us.

    Included with your trade show pass.

  • Exhibits

    Wednesday, April 10 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Thursday, April 11 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

    Our trade floor will have the industry suppliers, manufacturers and service providers that offer goods and services to facilitate in-store consumer experience. Meet with vendors on the cutting edge of retail solutions. 

    Included with your trade show pass.

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Austin!

Austin
Texas

Location

30.263,-97.7628

Palmer Events Center

The room block for Shop-MarketPlace is sold out, but you may still be able to secure a room at the official hotel. Go to the website here.

Embassy Suites by Hilton Austin Downtown South Congress
300 S. Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78704

Additional hotels near Palmer Events Center

There are also a variety of affordable accommodations within walking distance through VRBO.

Go HERE for a list of nearby restaurants.

 

Palmer Events Center

We've picked an inspiring venue for this inspiring event.

It's beautiful: Nestled next to one of Austin's most lovely green spaces with a gorgeous view of downtown Austin.

It's functional: Boasting open floor plans for trade events and covered outdoor canopies for many different types of public experiences.

It's responsible: 100 percent powered by renewable energy from Austin Energy's Green Choice Program, with comprehensive recycling, reuse, and composting programs, this event space is not only  beautiful and functional, it is also a model for sustainable strategies in public spaces.

PEC Fits Our Values

Shop! MarketPlace is all about exploring how spaces can be used to facilitate the most memorable experiences. So just any old event venue would not do — we've chosen an event venue that demonstrates how spaces can be used to create memorable events.

Parking

One Garage

  • 900 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78704
  • 4-story, 1,200-space garage next to the facility
  • Entrances on Barton Springs Rd. and Riverside Dr.
  • Clearance Height: 7’2”

Pro Tip: The Riverside Dr. entrance to the parking garage is often underutilized. To avoid traffic at the Barton Springs Rd. entrance, use the Riverside Dr. entrance.

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Address

Palmer Events Center
900 Barton Springs Road
Austin, Texas 78704

Downtown & Vicinity

Located within downtown Austin and within a three-mile radius of 11,000 hotel rooms, yet cradled by Butler Park, Auditorium Shores, and Lady Bird Lake near downtown Austin, the Palmer Events Center is easily accessible from Barton Springs Rd. or Riverside Dr. by car or public transportation.

Downtown Austin, Nightlife and Things To Do

Image of people on paddle boards in the river and lake near Austin Texas

Explore Austin

Why Austin?

In addition to being known as the live music capital of the world, Austin has a vibrant food scene, gorgeous parks, river access, hiking and biking trails, and an incredibly walkable downtown. You'll find the people of Austin warm and welcoming. And the weather in April is PERFECT! Come spend time with your retail design peers, and include some time to explore beautiful Austin!

Sightseeing

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Exhibitors

Motivate. Inspire. Delight.

Meet Motivated Buyers

  • Meet with professionals looking for the latest, most innovative retail solutions.

  • Provide retailers and store designers with the ability to experience your products. You can't do that over Zoom!

  • Better than cold calls. Qualified shoppers will be there to look for new products and services.

  • Build business relationships face-to-face.

  • Attend free keynote sessions and network at the Industry Welcome Reception.

  • Increase your competitiveness by immersing yourself in the voice of the customer.

Contact Shop! Sales

Why You Should Exhibit at Shop! MarketPlace

We've become very adept at staying in, Zooming, and getting it done. But the most creative work happens when like-minded people get together and share what they know.

Elevating the In-Store Experience

Who is Shop! MarketPlace?

Shop! Marketplace is owned by SmartWork Media, a publishing company with eight B2B publications and five conferences/shows in the B2B sector.

During nearly two years of no trade shows, retailers — already struggling to reinvent themselves — weathered dramatic changes and had to go it alone. An innovative, collaborative show is needed to provide the community with the opportunity to meet face-to-face, explore problems and solutions, and come up with new ideas.

Contact Shop! Sales

  • Peer Learning

    A show where retailers can learn from experts and industry peers how to take their current business into the future without wasting any more time and money on what doesn’t work.

  • Collaborate

    A show that creates an environment that facilitates collaboration, a sharing of ideas, a safe place to commiserate on past failures, and rejoice together on successes.

  • Meet the Experts

    A show where retailers can learn from, and explore with the experts and peers in a newly designed conference program.

  • Prospect

    Two years is a long time, and a lot has changed. This show is an excellent opportunity to find new leads you may not otherwise encounter.

  • Sell!

    A show where retailer designers and retail owners and executives are looking for products and services to improve their businesses.

  • Network

    A show that brings together retailers with exhibitors and other attendees who can help them solve their concerns through the sharing of experiences.

Now the Details

What's In My Booth?

The Palmer Center offered a 45,000-square-foot facility with a layout designed to keep attendees engaged, educated, and energized throughout the event.

  • Curated premium booth systems with turnkey design solutions available in 10X10 and 10X20 options.

How We Promote the Show

We're going all in with our promotion for the Shop! MarketPlace experience. Here are just a few of the things we have planned to make Shop! successful and rewarding:

  • Promote to an attendee list of over 33,000 qualified buyers.

  • We've created this comprehensive website to attract buyers from pre-registration until post-event.

  • Weekly online show announcements to our attendee promotion list.

  • Print ads in trade magazines that speak to the retail trade in general and to industry verticals with a strong retail channel.

  • A complimentary Exhibitor Invite Program providing discounts to your current and new customers.

  • Weekly marketing to all SmartWork Media Brands (VMSD, BXP, InStore, InVision, Pets+), delivering an average of more than 1.2 million impressions per month.

Contact Shop! Sales

Who Should Exhibit

Attendees are seeking industry suppliers, manufacturers and service providers that offer goods and services to facilitate the in-store consumer experience, including:

  • Fixtures

  • Lighting

  • In-Store Technology

  • Architecture & Facades

  • Decorative Props

  • Mannequins & Forms

  • Flooring

  • Surface Material

  • Signage & Graphics

  • Permanent, Semi-Permanent & Temporary Displays

  • Aisle Enhancers (End Caps, etc.)

  • On-Shelf Promotions

  • Foreign Trade Commissions

  • BOPIS/BORIS/ROPIS Solution Providers

  • Furniture

  • Store Design

  • Visual Merchandising Design

  • Promotions

  • Materials

Exhibit in 2024!

Let's Go!

Are You Ready to Exhibit?

We intend to make this the best trade experience ever for our Shop! community. Don't miss out on the opportunity to nurture existing relationships and create new opportunities!

Sign Us Up!

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Exhibitors 2023

Why You Should Exhibit

Motivate. Inspire. Delight.

Meet Motivated Buyers

  • Meet with professionals looking for the latest, most innovative retail solutions.
  • Provide retailers and store designers with the ability to experience your products. You can't do that over Zoom!
  • Better than cold calls. Qualified shoppers will be there to look for new products and services.
  • Build business relationships face-to-face.
  • Attend free keynote sessions and network at the Industry Welcome Reception.
  • Increase your competitiveness by immersing yourself in the voice of the customer.

Exhibit in 2024
Shoppers enjoying a store

Elevating the In-Store Experience

Man writing on whiteboard

Who is Shop! Marketplace?

Shop! Marketplace is owned by SmartWork Media, a publishing company with eight B2B publications and five conferences/shows in the B2B sector.

During nearly two years of no trade shows, retailers — already struggling to reinvent themselves — weathered dramatic changes and had to go it alone. An innovative, collaborative show is needed to provide the community with the opportunity to meet face-to-face, explore problems and solutions, and come up with new ideas.


Download Prospectus

  • Peer Learning

    A show where retailers can learn from experts and industry peers how to take their current business into the future without wasting any more time and money on what doesn’t work.

  • Collaborate

    A show that creates an environment that facilitates collaboration, a sharing of ideas, a safe place to commiserate on past failures, and rejoice together on successes.

  • Meet the Experts

    A show where retailers can learn from, and explore with the experts and peers in a newly designed conference program.

  • Prospect

    Two years is a long time, and a lot has changed. This show is an excellent opportunity to find new leads you may not otherwise encounter.

  • Sell!

    A show where retailer designers and retail owners and executives are looking for products and services to improve their businesses.

  • Network

    A show that brings together retailers with exhibitors and other attendees who can help them solve their concerns through the sharing of experiences.

Know the Details

What's in my Booth?

The Duke Enery Center offers a facility with a layout designed to keep attendees engaged, educated, and energized throughout the event.

Curated premium booth systems with turnkey design solutions available in 10X10 and 10X20 options.

Man in garish suit with megaphone

How We
Promote the Show

We're going all in with our promotion for the Shop! MarketPlace experience. Here are just a few of the things we have planned to make Shop! successful and rewarding:

  • Promote to an attendee list of over 33,000 qualified buyers.
  • We've created this comprehensive website to attract buyers from pre-registration until post-event.
  • Weekly online show announcements to our attendee promotion list.
  • Print ads in trade magazines that speak to the retail trade in general and to industry verticals with a strong retail channel.
  • A complimentary Exhibitor Invite Program providing discounts to your current and new customers.
  • Weekly marketing to all SmartWork Media Brands (VMSD, BXP, InStore, InVision, Pets+), delivering an average of more than 1.2 million impressions per month.

Download Prospectus

Who Should Exhibit

Attendees are seeking industry suppliers, manufacturers and service providers that offer goods and services to facilitate the in-store consumer experience, including:

  • Fixtures
  • Lighting
  • In-Store Technology
  • Architecture & Facades
  • Decorative Props
  • Mannequins & Forms
  • Flooring
  • Surface Material
  • Signage & Graphics
  • Permanent, Semi-Permanent & Temporary Displays
  • Aisle Enhancers (End Caps, etc.)
  • On-Shelf Promotions
  • Foreign Trade Commissions
  • BOPIS/BORIS/ROPIS Solution Providers
  • Furniture
  • Store Design
  • Visual Merchandising Design
  • Promotions
  • Materials

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