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Consumer Product Showcase
New in 2023! The Consumer Product Showcase offers retail buyers and merchandisers the chance to meet with carefully selected small business owners to learn about their businesses and explore their products.
Title Sponsors: Amazon, American Express, Buy with Prime, and SAP | Supporting Sponsors: Bank of America, Blue Yonder

Opening Party
Celebrate the first day of Retail's Big Show with our Opening Party. Attendees connect with old friends and make new ones during this cocktail party held at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.
Sponsored by: Blue Yonder, Cargomatic, Daily Pay, Suse, Tailoor

NRF Retail Week
Surrounding NRF 2023: Retail’s Big Show, NRF Retail Week is a week-long celebration of parties, high-profile partner events, innovative store tours, experiential tech, workshops, educational sessions and more.
Sponsored by: Cover Genius, MarketDial and SimplyRFID

Expo Tours
NRF provides unique Expo Tour experiences that help attendees easily find the solutions they are searching for. Each two-hour walking tour offers an in-depth study of retail technology across specific business disciplines.

Retail Store Tours
These retailer-only experiences provide curated, guided walking tours of cutting-edge spaces by global retail leaders. Learn how retailers are using their understanding of changing behaviors and technology to enhance the customer experience. Experience the future of retail firsthand!

NRF Retail Law & Risk Seminar
The NRF Retail Law & Risk Seminar is the retail industry’s exclusive event for senior-level legal and risk officers to gather and engage! At this invite- and retail-only event, attendees participate in curated VIP tours of cutting-edge technologies impacting the industry, collaborate with peers around novel innovation issues, share best practices, and learn from legal and risk experts on how to prepare for retail’s most imminent risks in 2023 and beyond.

VC Startup Meetups
VC and Startup collaborations begin here! NRF will match innovative startups and investors for one-on-one meetings. Participating startups will be sourced from the NRF Innovation Lab and Startup Zone at NRF 2023. Pre-registration required.

VIP Awards
The Vendors in Partnership (VIP) Awards are an industry celebration of the partnership between retailers and the solution providers that power the retail ecosystem.

Retail's CIO Party
Attendees enjoy classic hors d’oeuvres and refreshing cocktails with the industry’s premier technology leaders. This is an invite-only event.
Sponsored by: Comcast, Koerber, ProShip, Yoobic

Retailer Table Talks
Retailer These retailer-only small group discussions connect people with like challenges to share solutions and experiences to help one another move forward. Topics are crowdsourced by retailers and discussions are led by retailers.

Donut Dunks
Rise and shine, it’s coffee time! Grab a bite, fuel up and connect with peers before Keynote Sessions start each morning. This event is open to attendees with a Full Conference Pass.
Sponsored by: Savoye, Workday

Retailer-to-Retailer Connections
When different voices come together, lessons are learned and an industry moves forward. Retailers get inspired by connecting with peers through the NRF Events mobile app.